Illinois Cannabis Sales Bring in $3.2 Million on Day One

Illinois’ first day of legal recreational cannabis translated to a good chunk of green — nearly $3.2 million in sales. The state’s 37 dispensaries churned through 77,128 transactions to tally more than $3.17 million in first-day sales, said Toi Hutchinson, Governor JB Prtizker’s senior adviser for cannabis control, in a news conference on Thursday. “The amazing thing about that is that there’s a significant portion of these dollars that go directly into this community reinvestment…