HUFFINGTON POST: At a ceremony at the University of Chicago, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bill while joined by Jim Champion, a military veteran who suffers from multiple sclerosis, the Chicago Tribune reports.
“I feel that this is something, whatever faith we practice, we all believe that helping those who are sick, helping them recover and also helping them deal with pain, that’s a tenet in every faith and every religion,” the governor said a the Thursday ceremony, as reported by NBC Chicago.
The law — instituting a four-year pilot medical marijuana program — will go into effect on Jan. 1. It allows individuals with serious diseases including cancer, HIV and multiple sclerosis to get a special ID card allowing them to buy limited amounts — up to two-and-a-half ounces — of medical marijuana from one of 60 state-licensed dispensaries. Medical marijuana users must have established relationships with a doctor who will OK their usage of the drug… (more)
