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Governor Quinn will be in Chicago to sign the Bill today. Illinois will now be the 20th State to legalize marijuana. Of course Illinois will also be the State with the Strictest laws over medical marijuana. Already they have put a limitation on how much one can get have or buy. Also more of a Doctor patient type of relationship. We will also be allowed to have 60 Dispensaries statewide. No one will be allowed to grown their own either.
Seems the state will be all up into those lives of people who need this service and treatment in correlation with Cancer treatments and other medical conditions. Thoughts upon the matter?
Illinois to become 20th state to legalize medical marijuana
The four-year trial program, to take effect Jan. 1, will be the nation's strictest, limiting medical cannabis for use to relieve 42 named ailments or diseases, including cancer, multiple sclerosis, AIDS and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a motor neuron malady also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, officials said.
Quinn is expected to sign the measure at 11:30 a.m. at the University of Chicago medical school's new Center for Care and Discovery, his office said.
The new law would let people purchase and possess up to 2.5 ounces of pot over two weeks. The prescribing doctor would have to have a longstanding, enduring medical relationship with the patient.
Patients would be allowed to buy the marijuana from 60 dispensing centers statewide and not be allowed to grow their own. Twenty-two growers would be authorized.
Users, growers and sellers would have to undergo criminal background checks. Dispensaries would be under round-the-clock camera surveillance.
Employers and landlords could bar its use in their workplaces and buildings.
Users stopped by police while driving would have to undergo field sobriety tests that could result in loss of driving privileges and the right to use the medical cannabis.
Read more: Gov. Quinn to make Illinois 20th state to legalize medical marijuana - UPI.com
Seems the state will be all up into those lives of people who need this service and treatment in correlation with Cancer treatments and other medical conditions. Thoughts upon the matter?
Illinois to become 20th state to legalize medical marijuana
The four-year trial program, to take effect Jan. 1, will be the nation's strictest, limiting medical cannabis for use to relieve 42 named ailments or diseases, including cancer, multiple sclerosis, AIDS and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a motor neuron malady also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, officials said.
Quinn is expected to sign the measure at 11:30 a.m. at the University of Chicago medical school's new Center for Care and Discovery, his office said.
The new law would let people purchase and possess up to 2.5 ounces of pot over two weeks. The prescribing doctor would have to have a longstanding, enduring medical relationship with the patient.
Patients would be allowed to buy the marijuana from 60 dispensing centers statewide and not be allowed to grow their own. Twenty-two growers would be authorized.
Users, growers and sellers would have to undergo criminal background checks. Dispensaries would be under round-the-clock camera surveillance.
Employers and landlords could bar its use in their workplaces and buildings.
Users stopped by police while driving would have to undergo field sobriety tests that could result in loss of driving privileges and the right to use the medical cannabis.
Read more: Gov. Quinn to make Illinois 20th state to legalize medical marijuana - UPI.com