Medical Marijuana gaining favor in Illinois

From Chicago Tribune:

SPRINGFIELD —— A stricter set of rules and a surprise political alliance are helping build momentum for a long-thwarted effort to legalize marijuana for medical purposes in Illinois. 

In Illinois, doses would be dispensed from a limited number of highly regulated not-for-profits, rather than drugstores. Penalties including potential prison time would discourage attempts to turn a medical prescription into dime bags on the street.

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If it does pass this time, the bill includes strict regulations which are intended to curb abuse of the program, limiting state legal protection to all but the most severely ill Illinoisans, leaving some in the state who currently use cannabis to abate the symptoms of less than terminal diseases out in the cold. Some progress is better than none at all, but... no one should be imprisoned for cannabis use. -PH

MARIJUANA FOUND ON ANTI-POT LAWMAKER DURING DUI STOP

GOP House minority leader, Robert Watson, who had previously garnered media attention for his statement that the state legislature's priorities are fine "if you're a gay man from Guatemala who gambles and smokes pot" was recently charged with DUI, possession of a controlled substance: marijuana, as well as paraphernalia charges for a small wooden pipe found during a sobriety checkpoint in East Haven, Conn.

While admitting that he was in possession of marijuana, he vehemently denies being impaired while operating his vehicle. His blood alcohol level was recorded at .05 on the breathalyzer, which is under the legal .08 limit.

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Firebomb Thrown into Medical Marijuana Business in Montana

(abcNEWS) Firebomb thrown into medical marijuana business on day of important vote by City Council

Someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Billings medical marijuana business early Monday and spray-painted "NOT IN OUR TOWN" on its storefront, the second such act in as many days, authorities said.

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