--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - December 7, 2021 description: Illinois Marijuana Sales Double, Likely to Hit $1.5 Billion for 2021, Missouri's Long Wait for Adult Use Cannabis Could End in 2022, and more! image: https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-07%20at%205.01.43%20PM.png --- [![](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-ondark.png?width=431&height=233&name=logo-ondark.png "logo-ondark.png")](https://newfrontierdata.com/) # Your Top 5 News Stories - December 7, 2021 December 07, 2021 [In Sight Daily](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) [![MicrosoftTeams-image (18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png?width=720&name=MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) 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PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-07%20at%205.03.00%20PM.png)](https://www.riverfronttimes.com/WeedNews/2021/12/07/missouris-long-wait-for-adult-use-cannabis-could-end-in-2022)   | [Missouri's Long Wait for Adult Use Cannabis Could End in 2022](https://www.riverfronttimes.com/WeedNews/2021/12/07/missouris-long-wait-for-adult-use-cannabis-could-end-in-2022) A fourth effort since 2016 for adult-use reform comes as state medical dispensaries last month sold about $26 million in cannabis products. | | --- | --- | --- ![wild card](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wild%20card.jpg?width=695&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-12-07 at 5.04.06 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-07%20at%205.04.06%20PM.png)](https://www.natlawreview.com/article/cannabis-primer-new-york-employers)   | [Cannabis: A Primer for New York Employers](https://www.natlawreview.com/article/cannabis-primer-new-york-employers) New York state’s legalization of adult-use cannabis significantly impacts employers’ rights and obligations regarding employees’ use of it.   | | --- | --- | --- [![NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1.gif?width=695&name=NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/nxteck/) --- ![social cultural](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social%20cultural.jpg?width=695&name=social%20cultural.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-12-07 at 5.05.08 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-07%20at%205.05.08%20PM.png)](https://mjbizdaily.com/states-escalate-microbusiness-cannabis-licenses-as-hedge-against-msos/)   | [States escalate microbusiness cannabis licenses as ‘hedge’ against MSOs](https://mjbizdaily.com/states-escalate-microbusiness-cannabis-licenses-as-hedge-against-msos/) More states are offering cannabis microbusiness licenses to promote social diversity opposite large, well-funded multistate operators. | | --- | 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