April 17, 201313 yr http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/b...0,3778883.story The Illinois House today approved a measure to let people use marijuana for medical purposes, giving the proposal its best chance of becoming law in recent years. The House sent the bill to the Senate on a 61-57 vote. The Senate previously has passed similar legislation. Proponents say the legislation, which would set up a four-year pilot program, would be the most restrictive in the nation. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have approved some form of marijuana use for medical purposes. I don't really understand this part: Under this bill, an individual could be prescribed no more than 2.5 ounces of marijuana during a two-week period. A doctor who prescribes marijuana must have had a prior and ongoing relationship with the patient—a move to lessen the chance that doctors could give out prescription weed willy-nilly. Additional restrictions and regulations create numerous other hurdles before a person could get cannabis. The prescribing doctor must be licensed to practice in Illinois. So you have to go to the doctor 2 times instead of 1? Seems kind of silly.
April 17, 201313 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 01:15 PM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/b...0,3778883.story I don't really understand this part: So you have to go to the doctor 2 times instead of 1? Seems kind of silly. I think that is so the patients can't find out who the good weed doctors are and just go to them..
April 17, 201313 yr Author QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 03:17 PM) I think that is so the patients can't find out who the good weed doctors are and just go to them.. But you could still go to them. "Oh doc, my back. Can you get me some pain meds? Thanks." Second visit a week later: "Oh doc, my back. Can I try weed this time?" If anything it's giving doctors more of an incentive to hand out the prescriptions since they're guaranteed 2 office visits.
April 17, 201313 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 03:21 PM) But you could still go to them. "Oh doc, my back. Can you get me some pain meds? Thanks." Second visit a week later: "Oh doc, my back. Can I try weed this time?" If anything it's giving doctors more of an incentive to hand out the prescriptions since they're guaranteed 2 office visits. Theres the loophole. But I think they are trying to have legit doctors vs the stuff in Cali and west coast. Those "drs" just set up in strip malls and take payment.
April 17, 201313 yr Well its really just the first step to legalization, so whatever. Guess I should find a dr and start a relationship.
April 17, 201313 yr QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 04:55 PM) Well its really just the first step to legalization, so whatever. Guess I should find a dr and start a relationship. Right? If there was any city/state that needed the inflated 40 percent taxes on a product its illinois and Chicago.
April 18, 201313 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 06:01 PM) Right? If there was any city/state that needed the inflated 40 percent taxes on a product its illinois and Chicago. Definitely. Like Badger said, it's finally on the road to legalization. From the stone age to the stoned age, eh?
April 18, 201313 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 06:01 PM) Right? If there was any city/state that needed the inflated 40 percent taxes on a product its illinois and Chicago. This is what I constantly tell people. I dont even know who is against marijuana anymore.
April 18, 201313 yr QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 17, 2013 -> 09:06 PM) This is what I constantly tell people. I dont even know who is against marijuana anymore. No one pretty much. Even my otherwise traditional suburban mom thinks it should be legal.
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