Illinois State Police: Buying Marijuana Does Not Cancel FOID Cards

In this Aug. 15, 2019 photo marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. The California Supreme Court has ruled San Diego failed to adequately analyze the potential environmental impacts of its marijuana dispensary law. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

The Illinois State Police are trying to clear-up a rumor about the state’s newly legal marijuana. Troopers say you will not have to give-up your FOID card if you buy marijuana from a dispensary. That rumor took-off last weekend, with even a few state lawmakers breathing life into it. Illinois’ recreational marijuana law makes it clear that buying marijuana from a licensed dispensary will not force people to choose between owning a gun and smoking pot.