Legal Related This is Why Illinois Medical Marijuana Businesses Are Allowed to Stay Open Later by Sophia Vida February 12, 2020 With complaints piling in since Illinois began legal recreational marijuana sales on January 1st, the state has extended medical marijuana store hours. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said last Friday ...
Legal Related Illinois’ Medical Marijuana Program Becomes Permanent by Sophia Vida August 13, 2019 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed a pair of bills this week that expand the state's medical marijuana program. The bills expand who can get a medical card, and when they can use it. While the program was initially limi...
Trends & Articles Illinois Prepares to Launch a Program to Fight Opioid Crisis by Sophia Vida January 22, 2019 The opioid crisis in the U.S. is harrowing. According to drugabuse.gov, every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids. Illinois is doing something to try and help the crisis. The state is ...
Legal Related Illinois Has Given Green Light to Medical Marijuana as Prescription Painkiller by Sophia Vida June 05, 2018 Lawmakers in the state of Illinois have approved a proposal to allow medical marijuana to be used in place of prescription painkillers. The proposal would also eliminate the requirement for patients to get fingerprints and back...
Legal Related Illinois GA Approves Measure for Medical Marijuana at School by Sophia Vida May 18, 2018 Students in schools in Illinois may soon be able to use medicaid marijuana under some circumstances. The Illinois General Assembly has approved a measure that would allow parents to give their kids medical marijuana while at sc...
Legal Related Judge Orders Illinois Officials to Expand Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 17, 2018 An Illinois judge has ordered officials in the state to add intractable pain to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana. Cook County Judge Raymond Mitchell ordered the agency to add the condition this week. O...
Science related (Medical) Illinois Medical Marijuana Patients Using Less Prescription Meds by Sophia Vida October 10, 2017 According to a new study, patients using medical marijuana in the state of Illinois are reducing or eliminating their prescription medications. The study by DePaul and Rush universities concluded from a study of 30 participants...