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>> IT’S TUESDAY AFTERNOON DURING A NATIONAL PANDEMIC, AND STILL STEADY FLOW OF ABOUT 100 CARS , A ARE OUTSIDE RISE DISPENSARY IN MUNDELEIN. >> CAN’T TRAVEL, CAN’T GO ON VACATION, GOT MONEY, BUT CAN’T DO ANYTHING. >> SOME CUSTOMERS SAY THEY’RE HERE TO HELP PASS TIME AT HOME. OTHERS SAY THEY NEED IT. >> I'VE DEFINITELY BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME ANXIETY AND HAVING CLASSES ONLINE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN VERY HARD FOR ME AND CHALLENGING SO I JUST NE SOMETHING TO DE-STRESS. >> PEOPLE CAN JOIN THE WAITLIST ON THEIR PHONE AND WHEN THEIR ORDER IS NEARLY READY, GET A TEXT MESSAGE LETTING THEM KNOW, AND THEN GO JOIN THE OTHERS IN LINE. REPORTS INDICATE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE ROSE SINCE THE START OF THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION SAYS MARCH STATEWIDE CANNABIS SALES WERE $35.9 MILLION, UP MORE THAN A MILLION FROM FEBRUAR >> EITHER THEY’RE STRESSED OUT ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON, A LITTLE ON EDGE, OR THEY’RE INCREDIBLY THANKFUL AND MAKE US FEEL GREAT BECAUSE WE’RE OPEN. >> AND ALTHOUGH IT’S ILLEGAL TO BRING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA ACROSS THE BORDER, WE SPOTTED HANDFUL OF WISCONSIN LICENSE PLATES. WE CONCEALED A KENOSHA WOMAN’S IDENTITY, WHO SAYS SHE SMOKES MORE WEED NOW THAN SHE DID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. >> IT HELPS ME SLEEP AT NIGHT. OTHERWISE I WOULD BE UP ALL NIGHT THINKING ABOUT WHAT IF MY KIDS GET IT OR WHAT IF MY HUSBAND BRINGS IT HOME FROM WORK? >> RISKING EXPOSURE AND A FINE TO HELP BRING A LITTLE RELIEF. IN MUNDELEIN, CAROLINE REINWALD, WISN 12 NEWS. PATRICK: OUR CREWS WERE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE DISPENSARY, BUT MANAGEMENT SAID THEY ARE SPACING PEOPLE SIX FEET APART AND CLEANING SURFACES AT THE TOP OF EVERY

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On Tuesday afternoon, during a nationwide pandemic and statewide Stay-at-Home order, there was still a steady flow of about 100 cars outside Rise Dispensary in Mundelein, Illinois. Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinSome customers said they were there to help pass the time at home. Others said they were shopping for recreational marijuana to help with stress relief. "(My fiancee) has more anxiety with whats going on now. She won't leave the house. She's stressed every time I leave the house, usually goes out about once a week," said Adam Fox, who bought two marijuana vape cartridges for him and his fiancee.WISN 12 News spotted a handful of cars with Wisconsin license plates outside. It is illegal to bring recreational marijuana across the state border. One Kenosha woman, whose identity WISN 12 News is not revealing, said she smokes more weed now than she did before the pandemic. "For one thing, I'm at home so I have a little bit more time and just, you know, dealing with the stress of every day and wondering when is this going to be over," she said. "It just kind of helps me forget about troubles and things that I have no control over. It helps me sleep at night, otherwise I'd be up all night thinking about 'What if my kids get it,' or 'What if my husband brings it home from work?'"Rise Dispensary said customers can join a waitlist online and are texted when it is nearly their turn. Rise said staff members wear masks and gloves as necessary and clean surfaces on the hour, every hour. "The inside of the store has markers keeping everyone 6 feet apart. We've shut down a couple registers that were too close together to keep people 6 feet apart," said Roger Dillman, Rise Dispensary's manager. "We have security on hand making sure everyone stands six feet apart, waiting to get into the store."Reports indicate recreational marijuana use has risen during the COVID-19 crisis. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said for the month of March, statewide cannabis sales were $35.9 million, up more than $1 million from February sales."I'd say that customers are one of two things. Either they're stressed out about what's going on, a little on edge, or they're incredibly thankful and make us feel great because we're open and they're just so happy to be here," Dillman said. Rise did not allow WISN 12 News crews inside the dispensary. Medical marijuana patients were allowed to use the dispensary's drive-through option, to help cut down on exposure. Sign up for coronavirus email alerts from WISNGet breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 app.Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube