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Illinois Residents Want 20 More Conditions Added to Medical Marijuana Program

Illinois residents have petitioned the state to add more than 20 medical conditions to the medical marijuana program, including anxiety, migraines, insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder. Petitioners identifying themselves as veterans of Vietnam and Iraq asked that PTSD be included,…

Secrecy of Illinois Medical Marijuana Program a Key Issue in Lawsuit

While campaigning for governor, Bruce Rauner said, “The application process for medical marijuana should not be held in secret where insiders win and taxpayers lose; it should be open and transparent.” But now, lawyers for the state are fighting to…

Lou Lang – The Legislator Who Brought Medical Marijuana to Illinois

Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, has championed medical marijuana in Illinois since 2009, when a group of advocates showed up at his Springfield office in wheelchairs, walkers and with IV bags to plead their case. “It tugged at my heartstrings,” says…

Illinois Lawmakers Considering Bills to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Pot

Lawmakers in Springfield will consider several marijuana bills this session, including at least one that would decriminalize small amounts of pot. Other proposed laws would: Extend the now-delayed medical marijuana pilot program. Add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of…

Local Companies Landing Most Illinois Medical Marijuana Licenses

As medical marijuana gets closer to debuting across Illinois, one of the biggest pot businesses in the state has planted its roots in Oak Park. PharmaCann LLC looks poised to operate four medical marijuana-selling shops and two growing centers spread…

Illinois Judge Halts State From Licensing Marijuana Farm in Cook County

A Cook County judge put the brakes on one part of the state’s medical marijuana program, for now. Circuit Judge Kathleen Kennedy granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday preventing the state from officially licensing a medical marijuana growing farm in…

New Lawsuit Challenges Medical Marijuana Licensing Process in Illinois

A new lawsuit challenges medical marijuana licensing in Illinois, claiming that the state failed to follow its own requirements for deciding who would get to grow and sell the drug. In response, Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration agreed that the evaluation…

Rules Don’t Allow Illinois Doctors in Medical Pot Business to Recommend It to Patients

At least three Illinois doctors are getting into the legal medical marijuana business, according to a review of records of the companies recently approved to grow and sell marijuana. The rules say that’s OK as long as they don’t recommend…

Illinois Governor’s Choices For Medical Pot Businesses Released

Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn left behind a list of businesses poised to land the coveted licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana when his term ended this month, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. His administration was still working to…

Illinois Medical Marijuana Permits Delayed, With No Explanation

January 3, 2015
Rob Meagher
Illinois
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Without explanation, Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration has conceded it missed its end-of-the-year target for deciding which businesses will receive permits to begin the state’s pilot program with medical marijuana. Some observers think the decision could come in a matter of…

Illinois extends marijuana experiment to children

January 3, 2015
Rob Meagher
Illinois
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CHICAGO — Randy Gross hopes a new law allowing children into Illinois' medical marijuana program will reunite his family, nearly a year after his wife moved to Colorado so their son could receive a controversial treatment to ease his epileptic…