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MCPP Update – August 31, 2026

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has approved applications for 430,898 qualifying patients, since it began accepting applications for the Medical Cannabis Registry Program on September 2, 2014. The current total number of active patients in the MCPP program as of August 31, 2026, is 119,954. By the end of August, there were 9,576 Health Care Professionals who participated in MCPP.

Retail sales of medical cannabis for August– $12,923,970.11 including $6,463,533.28 in dry flower sales and $6,460,436.83 in concentrates/infused products. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 48,934 unique patients, who purchased 2,056,403 grams of dry cannabis.

Overall Medical Cannabis Patient Program Data, as of [[as-of-date-subtitle]]:

Number of Licensed Medical Cannabis Dispensaries -- [[numberOfLicensedMedicalCannabisDispensaries]]
[[retailSalesReportYear]] Total Retail Sales by Licensed Medical Cannabis Dispensaries -- [[ytdRetailSales]]
Total Retail Sales since November 2015 by Licensed Medical Cannabis Dispensaries -- [[retailSalesSinceNovember2015]]