class=p1The call for legal medical marijuana in Illinois grew stronger in April 2013, as nearly 250 physicians asked state lawmakers to legalize pot use for patients with serious illnesses. Three physicians spoke at a news conference to emphasize that lt;span class=s1marijuana can be a safer and more effective treatment alternative to narcotics for patients with diseases like Cancer and HIV. lt;/spanthe Associated Press reports. lt;span class=s1Physicians argued it should be up to doctors, not law enforcement, to decide whether marijuana is the appropriate choice for their patients. We need to replace the patient/dealer relationship with the patient/doctor relationship,lt;/span Dan Riffle, spokesman for the project, said according to DNAinfo Chicago. Chicago resident Julie Falco said at the conference marijuana has greatly eased her suffering from multiple sclerosis, DNAinfo reports. Falco said she had recently been emailed by a Lou Gehrig's Disease sufferer named Dawn who wanted to see if medical marijuana could help her. The woman turned out to be lt;span class=s1Dawn Clark Netsch, the former state comptroller who died in March 2013. - Huffington Postlt;/span
