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An outreach group for medical marijuana is conducting two seminars in Galesburg over the next two weeks to explain the medical marijuana application process.
Medical Cannabis Outreach will have free seminars at 6 p.m. March 30 and 1 p.m. April 9, both at the Galesburg Public Library, 40 E. Simmons St.
"We're coming to Galesburg to let people in Knox County and the surrounding areas know that cannabis is legal and dispensaries are open," Medical Cannabis Outreach CEO Caprice Sweatt said. "The dispensary in Canton has been open the last five months." Illinois has 32 medical cannabis dispensaries, including Salveo in Canton, Nature's Treatment of Illinois in Milan, and Trinity Compassionate Care Centers in Peoria.
At the seminars, Medical Cannabis Outreach will help guests through the application process, which Sweatt said can be complicated.
"There's quite a few hoops that people have to jump through," Sweatt said.
To qualify, potential patients must be Illinois residents over 18 years old with one of 39 qualifying conditions. They must also get a fingerprint-based background check and receive a recommendation from a doctor. MCO's website says it is "able to refer you to physicians that can evaluate you, and if you qualify, they can write a recommendation."
Medical Cannabis Outreach travels around the state doing these seminars and helping people get approved.
"We hold their hands through the whole thing," Sweatt said. "We don't charge them anything."
While MCO doesn't charge anything, the state does. Regular patients will have to pay a $103 application fee ($53 for veterans and the disabled) and a $65 fingerprint fee.
Sweatt said she hopes the seminars help dispel some of the rumors and myths surrounding medical marijuana. For example, she said it's a false rumor that patients approved for medical marijuana would have to give up their concealed carry permit.
She also said medical marijuana is less dangerous than prescription drugs.
"Forty four people die every day from prescription drug overdose," Sweatt said. "And cannabis has never killed anyone."
Potential patients can learn more at medicalcannabisoutreach.com or by calling (309) 338-8900.
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Medical Cannabis Outreach will have free seminars at 6 p.m. March 30 and 1 p.m. April 9, both at the Galesburg Public Library, 40 E. Simmons St.
"We're coming to Galesburg to let people in Knox County and the surrounding areas know that cannabis is legal and dispensaries are open," Medical Cannabis Outreach CEO Caprice Sweatt said. "The dispensary in Canton has been open the last five months." Illinois has 32 medical cannabis dispensaries, including Salveo in Canton, Nature's Treatment of Illinois in Milan, and Trinity Compassionate Care Centers in Peoria.
At the seminars, Medical Cannabis Outreach will help guests through the application process, which Sweatt said can be complicated.
"There's quite a few hoops that people have to jump through," Sweatt said.
To qualify, potential patients must be Illinois residents over 18 years old with one of 39 qualifying conditions. They must also get a fingerprint-based background check and receive a recommendation from a doctor. MCO's website says it is "able to refer you to physicians that can evaluate you, and if you qualify, they can write a recommendation."
Medical Cannabis Outreach travels around the state doing these seminars and helping people get approved.
"We hold their hands through the whole thing," Sweatt said. "We don't charge them anything."
While MCO doesn't charge anything, the state does. Regular patients will have to pay a $103 application fee ($53 for veterans and the disabled) and a $65 fingerprint fee.
Sweatt said she hopes the seminars help dispel some of the rumors and myths surrounding medical marijuana. For example, she said it's a false rumor that patients approved for medical marijuana would have to give up their concealed carry permit.
She also said medical marijuana is less dangerous than prescription drugs.
"Forty four people die every day from prescription drug overdose," Sweatt said. "And cannabis has never killed anyone."
Potential patients can learn more at medicalcannabisoutreach.com or by calling (309) 338-8900.
News Moderator: Robert Celt 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: IL: Medical Cannabis Outreach To Explain Application Process
Author: Ben Zigterman
Contact: The Register-Mail
Photo Credit: None found
Website: The Register-Mail
