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Gov. Pat Quinn signed House Bill 1 into law Thursday, permitting medical marijuana use in Illinois under certain conditions.
Here are answers to some common questions about the legislation:
Q: When does the bill go into effect?
A: It takes effect Jan. 1, 2014, and is a four-year statewide pilot program.
Q: It's only for use by people who have "debilitating medical conditions." What counts as one of those?
A: It's a lengthy but specific list of 35 medical conditions. The legislation spells them out: "cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn's disease, agitation of Alzheimer's disease, cachexia/wasting syndrome, muscular dystrophy, severe fibromyalgia, spinal cord disease, including but not limited to arachnoiditis, Tarlov cysts, hydromyelia, syringomyelia, Rheumatoid arthritis, fibrous dysplasia, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Arnold-Chiari malformation and Syringomyelia, Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA), Parkinson's, Tourette's, Myoclonus, Dystonia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I), Causalgia, CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II), Neurofibromatosis, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Sjogren's syndrome, Lupus, Interstitial Cystitis, Myasthenia Gravis, Hydrocephalus, nail-patella syndrome, residual limb pain, or the treatment of these conditions . . ."
Q: Who can't receive treatment, even with those conditions?
A: If you're a minor, have a felony drug conviction or certain psychiatric conditions, you're ineligible. Nor are those who work as police, firefighters, probation officer or school bus drivers.
Q: Won't dispensaries pop up everywhere, like other states have seen?
A: Only 60 dispensaries are allowed across the entire state, and only 22 strictly controlled growing areas - one inside each Illinois State Police district - that are licensed and monitored 24 hours a day.
Q: What other restrictions are in place?
A: Police can still pull you over - just as if you were drunk - for driving while impaired. You can't use medical marijuana on school grounds, in prison, anywhere in a home used as a day care or in any public place. Landlords can ban use in their rental properties, and your workplace can still set drug-free rules. Neither patients nor caregivers can grow the marijuana themselves and must purchase it from a licensed dispensary.
Q: Won't patients just be able to get any cooperative doctor to prescribe for them?
A: The legislation requires an existing relationship between a doctor and a patient before prescribing is even allowed.
Q: Where's the money coming from to police these new places and patients?
A: A 7 percent tax is being levied on the growing areas and the dispensaries, with that money going straight into a fund to pay for administering and enforcing the legislation. Patients will also pay a 1 percent tax on their marijuana purchases - the same rate as ordinary prescriptions.
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Here are answers to some common questions about the legislation:
Q: When does the bill go into effect?
A: It takes effect Jan. 1, 2014, and is a four-year statewide pilot program.
Q: It's only for use by people who have "debilitating medical conditions." What counts as one of those?
A: It's a lengthy but specific list of 35 medical conditions. The legislation spells them out: "cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn's disease, agitation of Alzheimer's disease, cachexia/wasting syndrome, muscular dystrophy, severe fibromyalgia, spinal cord disease, including but not limited to arachnoiditis, Tarlov cysts, hydromyelia, syringomyelia, Rheumatoid arthritis, fibrous dysplasia, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Arnold-Chiari malformation and Syringomyelia, Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA), Parkinson's, Tourette's, Myoclonus, Dystonia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I), Causalgia, CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II), Neurofibromatosis, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Sjogren's syndrome, Lupus, Interstitial Cystitis, Myasthenia Gravis, Hydrocephalus, nail-patella syndrome, residual limb pain, or the treatment of these conditions . . ."
Q: Who can't receive treatment, even with those conditions?
A: If you're a minor, have a felony drug conviction or certain psychiatric conditions, you're ineligible. Nor are those who work as police, firefighters, probation officer or school bus drivers.
Q: Won't dispensaries pop up everywhere, like other states have seen?
A: Only 60 dispensaries are allowed across the entire state, and only 22 strictly controlled growing areas - one inside each Illinois State Police district - that are licensed and monitored 24 hours a day.
Q: What other restrictions are in place?
A: Police can still pull you over - just as if you were drunk - for driving while impaired. You can't use medical marijuana on school grounds, in prison, anywhere in a home used as a day care or in any public place. Landlords can ban use in their rental properties, and your workplace can still set drug-free rules. Neither patients nor caregivers can grow the marijuana themselves and must purchase it from a licensed dispensary.
Q: Won't patients just be able to get any cooperative doctor to prescribe for them?
A: The legislation requires an existing relationship between a doctor and a patient before prescribing is even allowed.
Q: Where's the money coming from to police these new places and patients?
A: A 7 percent tax is being levied on the growing areas and the dispensaries, with that money going straight into a fund to pay for administering and enforcing the legislation. Patients will also pay a 1 percent tax on their marijuana purchases - the same rate as ordinary prescriptions.
News Hawk- Truth Seeker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: pjstar.com
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Contact: pjstar.com Contact Us
Website: Medical marijuana Q&A - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com
