A look at day one of adult use cannabis legalization through social media.

Recreational marijuana is now legal in Illinois. Customers are lined up to buy cannabis at the dispensary on Eastport Plaza Drive in Collinsville for the first time on New Years Day. #MarijuanaFirstLook pic.twitter.com/Fp0Iul66X8 — Aprylete Russell (@arusselltv) January 1, 2020

A different view of the line. Sped up 10x pic.twitter.com/WV3iPrUnYJ — Eric Schmid (@EricDSchmid) January 1, 2020

The line inside and outside of Sunnyside Lakeview for the first day of recreational marijuana sales in Illinois https://t.co/PAoC24PVg6 pic.twitter.com/SLtGgai8CW — Brian Cassella (@briancassella) January 1, 2020

It’ll take a few hours if you want some marijuana in Illinois today pic.twitter.com/2fw9fYowys — Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) January 1, 2020

Big crowd lined up (including Wisconsinites) to buy legal cannabis in Mundelein, Illinois. @fox6now pic.twitter.com/PVZzk6vk9J — Hannah Jewell (@HannahFOX6Now) January 1, 2020

Weed is now legal in Illinois. It feels like 15f outside. 500+ people deep at 9am. Worse than a damn console release. Wow. pic.twitter.com/nuNnU1hZ06 — Jesse 🎅 (@ItsGime) January 1, 2020

Purchased edibles and traditional marijuana pic.twitter.com/zvfzjKEIVy — Steve Schering (@SteveSchering) January 1, 2020

First day weed is legal in Illinois & this is the line outside the Romeoville dispensary. I turned right tf back around 😂 pic.twitter.com/X7pBe2JfFQ — 🅱️ig 🅱️oof (@BoofMasterBal) January 1, 2020

LMFAOOOO DON’T GO TO THE NORTH AURORA DISPENSARY pic.twitter.com/f811UpIfvq — Sunny the Saint (@SunnyBeSaucin) January 1, 2020

I use to work in every project on the west and southside of Chicago & never seen a line this long for drugs. Happy #420friendly new year to #Illinois. pic.twitter.com/Pwig7U0pMv — ced jay (@boxitoutinc) January 1, 2020

Hundreds of people lined up in the Uptown neighborhood waiting to buy cannabis on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales in Illinois. 👀 @ABC7Chicago pic.twitter.com/MOex82Kf4Q — Alexis McAdams ABC-7 (@AlexisMcAdamsTV) January 1, 2020

Long lines in Collinsville greet first day of recreational weed sales in Illinois https://t.co/ERuajfYXM6 via @jayohday 📷s via @PDPJ pic.twitter.com/tYiRu0bwAf — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) January 1, 2020

Legal weed sales started in Illinois today, and some of the longest lines were in the Chicago suburbs. Here’s the scene at MedMen Dispensary in Evanston, several hours after opening for business. https://t.co/4wZdSoS7rO pic.twitter.com/T2MvcGS4mV — WBEZ (@WBEZ) January 1, 2020

#illinoiscannabis was in line for 4 hrs. Got in line at 4:45 this morning a good day for Illinois pic.twitter.com/z55S6deFbv — bill fuller (@elkway) January 1, 2020

Honking cars, Grateful Dead music and a collection of food trucks awaited the hundreds of people waiting to enter Metro East’s lone recreational marijuana dispensary on the first day of legal sales in Illinois. Here’s a taste of what it was like in line. https://t.co/Hddy4FG8p1 — STLBusinessJournal (@stlouisbiz) January 1, 2020

First day of cannabis sales in Illinois. Line as of 9:30 am pic.twitter.com/r7J4rO3OAx — Phildo (@PhilEbbesen) January 1, 2020

So weed is legal in Illinois now, and a friend sent me this picture of the line at the dispensary. Lol pic.twitter.com/lh8lArmtle — Ian White (@Ennis_T_White) January 1, 2020

PPD already jump to conclusions, I hope they don’t jump the line too 😂 HAPPY NEW YEARS, ILLINOIS! pic.twitter.com/L3X9ekS642 — Hugh Toner (@HughTonerIV) January 1, 2020

Illinois has 1000s waiting in line for legal Love. Many are Hoosiers looking for freedom of choice… Happy toking my friends! https://t.co/05I8bmZ2YB — bill levin (@billjlevin) January 1, 2020

Sure to see a lot of these bags in downtown Oak Park in 2020 pic.twitter.com/VRSjkqpsfs — Steve Schering (@SteveSchering) January 1, 2020

9:08am and the doors aren’t open yet at Verilife Marijuana Dispensary in Romeoville.https://t.co/XUo7R6IsEC pic.twitter.com/ThJlCQzkKk — Ashlee Rezin Garcia (@Ashlee_Rezin) January 1, 2020

The line at Mission dispensary has probably tripled since I got here at 5am. There’s still green confetti on the ground from the ribbon cutting. pic.twitter.com/KgdXxDOM6z — Ally Marotti (@AllyMarotti) January 1, 2020

Marijuana cannabis sales legal for the first time in Illinois and buyers line up https://t.co/OQTb2fBf2b — stuart brainerd (@stuartbrainerd) January 1, 2020

The line has doubled in size in the last half hour. Customers slowly coming out of Oak Park dispensary with their red “Med Men” shopping bags pic.twitter.com/S43TQlcHpx — Steve Schering (@SteveSchering) January 1, 2020

So many people in line in Romeoville. pic.twitter.com/wjnEp30rvQ — Ashlee Rezin Garcia (@Ashlee_Rezin) January 1, 2020

The line at 7:30 at Oak Park’s Seven Point marijuana dispensary pic.twitter.com/de5K8kVzg6 — Steve Schering (@SteveSchering) January 1, 2020

This is the line to buy recreational marijuana in Mundelein, Illinois https://t.co/tZW3YdyP7r pic.twitter.com/w96QcZLUiV — CBS 58 News (@CBS58) January 1, 2020

Legal recreational weed goes on sale — and Chicagoans line up for blocks in the cold to buy https://t.co/UEWO4QcbKp pic.twitter.com/b9fQLU1WAm — Block Club Chicago (@BlockClubCHI) January 1, 2020

Long lines in Collinsville greet first day of recreational weed sales in Illinois. About 700 people were in line at 7 a.m. when the doors opened for sales in Collinsville. Some people sent the night in line to be among the first to buy legal pot https://t.co/57yaGVBszQ @stltoday pic.twitter.com/W7YsHEHiOa — David Carson (@PDPJ) January 1, 2020

Long line forms outside of Jefferson Park cannabis dispensary, as recreational use becomes legal today in Illinois. There are reports that marijuana for recreational buyers could be in short supply, as medical card carriers have priority https://t.co/TvHz1wUVPG pic.twitter.com/s7abPPKxEs — Brian Nadig (@NadigNewspapers) January 1, 2020

I’ve always said our state leaders in Illinois must be smoking something… Now it’s confirmed. They were the first in line. https://t.co/UU3Y50238e — Meredith Williams (@MWill2010) January 1, 2020

Long lines on a cold morning in Logan Square and Lakeview as customers wait on the first day of recreational cannabis sales in Illinois: https://t.co/PAoC24PVg6 pic.twitter.com/15i2bEtZUA — Brian Cassella (@briancassella) January 1, 2020

Line hundreds of people long, snaking around block. Overheard from passerby: “My guy is faster than this.” #cannabis #Chicago #Illinois pic.twitter.com/fHbXYU9i9C — David Downs (@davidrdowns) January 1, 2020

A Chicago police vehicle passes a Fat Shallot food truck decorated for the occasion as customers line up before dawn outside the Sunnyside Lakeview store on the first day of recreational cannabis sales in Illinois https://t.co/PAoC24PVg6 pic.twitter.com/zKdwSWjzM6 — Brian Cassella (@briancassella) January 1, 2020

Hey, don’t know if you heard, but weed is legal in Illinois.



We are almost 2 hours in, and the line is still stretching around the block for Illinois Supply and Provisions in Springfield. People have been in line since 1 PM YESTERDAY pic.twitter.com/bIct7zgrpm — Cole Henke (@cole_Henke) January 1, 2020

The first customers through the line on the first day for the legal sale of recreational cannabis in Illinois at HCI Alternatives in downtown Springfield. https://t.co/VLhEYlg361 pic.twitter.com/SNPpnS4oFC — Justin L. Fowler (@justinlfowler) January 1, 2020

Recreational marijuana is now legal in Illinois. We’ve been at Sunnyside Lakeview all morning. Long lines as people wait to enter the dispensary and buy weed. There’s a lot you need to know if you’re looking to buy.



More information here: https://t.co/z1o44UHKCb@cbschicago pic.twitter.com/K9upg427JI — Mugo Odigwe (@MugoOdigwe) January 1, 2020

Lines stretched for blocks today of people waiting to get into Evanston’s recreational marijuana dispensary on the first day sales were allowed in Illinois. “It’s like the repeal of the Volstead Act,” said Martin Lang, an Evanston resident. pic.twitter.com/WUpXaavn8Y — evanstonscribe (@evanstonscribe) January 1, 2020

It’s cold and the line’s massive but everybody’s in high spirits. Passing cars are honking and folks in the crowd can’t hold back their enthusiasm.



“Guys we’re making history right here in Illinois,” one woman shouted to no one in particular. pic.twitter.com/4Ep95yDGrA — Tom Schuba (@TomSchuba) January 1, 2020

Hours after recreational weed sales started in the state, lines were still forming at Mission Illinois Dispensary on Chicago’s South Side. https://t.co/4wZdSoS7rO pic.twitter.com/LT0UDMyGxP — WBEZ (@WBEZ) January 1, 2020

Legal Marijuana Sales Start In Collinsville And Across Illinois https://t.co/WM9CEf1d44 via @bellevillenewsd pic.twitter.com/sgBiprVlex — STL Public Radio (@stlpublicradio) January 1, 2020

A two block line has already formed at noon at @Dispensary33 here in the Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago on day 1 of legal recreational weed in Illinois pic.twitter.com/ApMtu7QDdE — JustMicah (@mwgarb) January 1, 2020

Recreational marijuana became legal today in Illinois – here’s a look at one long line outside Thrive, a dispensary.

More tonight on @14News pic.twitter.com/ARcSXysHHp — Katie Tercek (@KTercek14News) January 1, 2020

Amazing. Up to 1000 people lining up for legal #cannabis at this Collinsville IL dispensary. It’s been over 200 years since anyone in #Illinois has been able to purchase 🌱 legally in-state. Lineups began at 7:00pm last night.



This is what pent up recreational demand looks like. pic.twitter.com/F7izITLA9B — Benjamin A. Smith❄️ (@BenjaminA_Smith) January 1, 2020

Here’s the line at our local dispensary on the first day marijuana is legal in Illinois as of about 15 minutes ago. They’ve been open for … six hours now? pic.twitter.com/MSil0EKmxC — Eli Hodapp 🐛 (@hodapp) January 1, 2020

Line hundreds of people long, snaking around block. Overheard from passerby: “My guy is faster than this.” #cannabis #Chicago #Illinois pic.twitter.com/fHbXYU9i9C — David Downs (@davidrdowns) January 1, 2020

Day 1 of legalized weed in Illinois has half the state waiting in line (via ig:courtnort3) pic.twitter.com/GhHrmIhc2A — Barstool Chicago (@barstoolchicago) January 1, 2020

Illinois government in its infinite wisdom has allowed only ONE legal marijuana dispensary in the Metro East (STL area) and the result is a 5 hour wait. pic.twitter.com/nQeRwLN19D — (((Quarf))) (@VoldemortsFeet) January 1, 2020

My brother is on hour 3 in line for recreational weed in Illinois and alllllmost to the door. pic.twitter.com/95PRGBNCqt — Wes Lawson (@alifefilmodic) January 1, 2020

The line wrapped around Harbory Dispensary in Williamson County today. Hundreds of people waited in line for hours in order to be the first to buy legalized recreational marijuana in Illinois. pic.twitter.com/XAhtCKUbyj — Logan Gay WPSD (@LoganGayMMJ) January 1, 2020

🙄 Welcome to the legalization of Marijuana in Illinois this line wraps twice around the back… and the front. Thank you for the 37% state tax, though. pic.twitter.com/e8egFd7TsP — SullyVision (@HumanRa88554680) January 1, 2020