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Some estimate the expansion could bring in up to 365,000 new patients into the medical marijuana program generating an additional $425 million in revenue for the state. [21] On August 12, 2019 Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law legislation that once again expands Illinois' medical cannabis program and also makes it permanent. [22]
It was opposed by a group called Healthy and Productive Illinois, associated with Smart Approaches to Marijuana; Illinois Sheriffs' Association and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police; [18] and by No Weed Illinois which included Peter B. Bensinger, the former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration director and Illinois Department of ...
CHICAGO — A proposal to prohibit firing workers for trace amounts of marijuana in their systems moved closer to passage when the Illinois House of Representatives approved the measure earlier ...
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and mass layoffs of employees. [1]
Missouri had $12.7 million in sales over its first weekend of legalized recreational use.
On November 27, 2012, after voters in the states of CO and WA voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced a bill referred to as the 'Respect States and Citizens Rights Act' which aimed to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude any state that has legalized marijuana (for medical OR recreational ...
When lawmakers crafted the law legalizing marijuana in Illinois, they tried to make sure it would right what many see as past wrongs linked to the drug.
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]