Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed bills to expand medical cannabis access in his state. The bills will also make cannabis legality permanent.
22 Aug
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12 Apr
CVS Will Soon Carry CBD Products In 800 Stores in 8 States
Pharmacy giant CVS made waves recently by announcing that they will be bringing CBD products to the shelves of 800 of their stores in the future.
23 Jan
11-Year Old Medical Marijuana Patient In Illinois Allowed Back To School
11-year-old medical marijuana patient Ashley Surin was banned from school for weeks. A federal judge has ruled she be allowed back to school.
24 Dec
Family Holds Rally Advocating Medical Cannabis Be Used For Treating Autism
Family Fights For Son With Autism Family holds rally advocating medical cannabis be used for treating autism – The Ihm family has exhausted 21 different treatment methods to control the violent outbursts of their 8-year-old son, Ethan, who has a severe form of autism. No drug has been successful and institutionalization is becoming a more
12 Oct
Illinois Patient Waits 5 Months for Marijuana
Cancer Patient Waits 5 Months for Medicine At the moment, Illinois has 19 grow facilities spread across the state. Those sites serve about 11,000 patients. Thats about 578 patients for each football-field sized lot, used exclusively for growing marijuana. With the amount they are harvesting you would think there would be a surplus of medical marijuana,
29 Jun
Judge orders Illinois to add PTSD to Medical Marijuana list
Judge Neil Cohen ordered Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav Shah to add PTSD to qualifying conditions within 30 days. Illinois must add PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) to the list of qualifying conditions eligible for medical marijuana treatment, a Cook County judge ordered Tuesday in a sternly worded ruling that also said the state’s
18 Feb
Illinois Medical Cannabis Industry being Held Down by Red Tape.
Illinois New Network examines the state of medical marijuana in Illinois. Andrew BohanAndrew Bohan is a part time contributor to Medical Marijuana 411.
05 Jan
Illinois medical marijuana sales surpass $1 million mark
Officials say Illinois patients legally purchased nearly $1.7 million worth of medical marijuana during November and December. Program director Joseph Wright on Monday announced sales figures since Nov. 9, when Illinois launched regulated sales with the opening of the state’s first licensed cannabis dispensaries. Wholesale sales — what growers sold to dispensaries — totaled more
28 Dec
Medical marijuana’s big business lures ex-law enforcers
Medical marijuana’s big business lures ex-law enforcers With fewer than 4,000 approved patients, the nascent medical marijuana business in Illinois is off to a slow start. Yet it hasn’t kept away a cadre of cannabis entrepreneurs who once relied on guns, badges, tough drug laws and lengthy prison sentences to fight the drug. While neither