End Mandatory Guards
Dispensaries already have cameras, ID checks, and strict rules. Mandatory guards at the door just make it feel like you’re doing something wrong. You’re not.
Take action and Let’s fix it.
It’s past time to end the rule that requires dispensaries to have guards. Walking into a store with a guard at the door makes it feel like we’re entering a high-risk area, not buying a legal product. It’s uncomfortable and adds to the stigma that cannabis customers are somehow different from anyone else shopping.
These stores already have cameras everywhere, strict ID checks, and tight inventory controls. They’re more secure than any other retail store. Why do hey also need a guard standing at the entrance when a pharmacy or liquor store doesn’t.
Mandatory guards create an intimidated, “policed” atmosphere that feels less like a retail purchase and more like a border crossing. This just doesn’t make any sense when data shows that the primary threat to Illinois dispensaries is “crash-and-grab” burglaries where organized crews use vehicles to ram storefronts.
Use the form to tell lawmakers: Let dispensaries decide for themselves whether they need a guard based on their own situation.
Who We Are
The Illinois Action Center was built on a simple premise: The people who use a service should have a say in how it works. Too often, the laws governing your local dispensary are debated by people who have never stood in line for medication or tried to run an errand on a tight schedule. Legislators debate policy in the abstract and you navigate the results every single day. It shouldn’t work that way.
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