ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The University of Illinois System is doing its part to help advance the public’s knowledge on the scientific and socio-economic impacts of cannabis use and production.
On Friday, Governor JB Pritzker, U of I System President Tim Killeen, government officials, and cannabis researchers with Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) launched the Cannabis Research Institute (CRI).
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“At the time I was elected, we were allowing people to be held criminally liable — and inequitably so — for consuming cannabis. Just five years later, we have one of the most orderly and successful cannabis industries, and we are launching a research institute – funded by the legal sale of that same plant – that will accelerate the transformation of that old, unfair, unjust system into a vehicle for community revitalization,” Pritzker said.
The CRI was first announced in 2022 with assistance from the Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer. Now, it’s become a reality.