Author: Bradley Vallerius

Publisher: Marley Leighton Publishing

Published: 2013-11-15

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 061591568X

Enacted Aug. 1, 2013, Illinois’ Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act will affect everyone in the state, from Cairo to Rockford. For patients, it means finally receiving cheap, effective relief. For local businesses and workers, it means a jolt of fresh economic prospects and the opportunity to pioneer an exciting new enterprise. The law creates up to 20 cultivation centers—one in every State Police District—for growing cannabis plants and manufacturing cannabis medicine. It also creates up to 60 dispensaries where patients who have been verified by a physician can purchase cannabis, cannabis infused medicine, and edible baked goods made with cannabis. Written for a broad, general audience, this book provides a straightforward and easy to understand explanation of the rules that will guide cultivation centers, dispensaries, and other participants in the medical cannabis industry. It also covers the rules for patients, physicians, health care facilities, landlords, employers, private businesses, and anyone else who may be affected. The new law is the beginning of an important long-term social change, and this is the book that helps you prepare for it.