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IL Hemp Industry Reform Media Updates + Interviews

There is a lot of information and a plethora of news stories swirling around the web about what is coming next for IL hemp reform. This blog post is a collection of media to help the hemp community stay on top of the issues leading up to our January 4th Hemp Lobby Day.


Leave your questions and comments below to add to the discussion and please consider supporting our work to defend IL Hemp and help build a thriving industry at illinoishga.com/pay-dues.


  1. Breaking Down Illinois’ Hemp Crackdown on the Cole Memo Podcast on 12/15. You can also listen in on Spotify here:




Justin Ward of Stoney Branch Hemp and the Illinois Healthy Alternatives Association on Chicago Tonight on 12/17:



Coverage of the issues on Illinois in Focus:




Coverage of Gov. Pritzker's Statement and of HB5903 on High at 9 news on 12/16:



You can watch Governor Pritzker's full press release here.


We shared this response in our previous blog post.

We will add more helpful news and media to this post as it comes up. Feel free to drop links in the comments below!



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