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Clock Ticking On Quinn's Medical Marijuana Decision

July 16, 2013 by drheins 1 Comment

ILLINOIS: The clock is ticking for Gov. Pat Quinn to make a decision about proposed medical marijuana legislation in Illinois, and supporters are hoping for a signature before the August deadline. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Legal, Medical Marijuana Tagged With: Gov. Pat Quinn, medical marijuana

Suburbs brace for medical pot sales, patients wait for state to approve it

July 12, 2013 by drheins Leave a Comment

ILLINOIS: Local leaders in far northwest suburban Huntley were taken aback when a man showed up at a Village Board meeting last month and announced he wants to open a warehouse in town to grow marijuana. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Medical Tagged With: cannabis and cancer, Chicago, Gov. Pat Quinn, marijuana in the suburbs, medical marijuana

Key Dates On Road To Legal Medical Marijuana In Illinois

October 30, 2015 by MJ News Network Leave a Comment

ILLINOIS: The road to legal medical marijuana in Illinois began more than a decade ago, when proponents first began pushing legislation in Springfield. After many defeats, a law establishing a pilot program was approved in 2013.

Here are key dates since the law was passed:

  • Aug. 1, 2013: Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, signs the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act, making Illinois the 21st state allowing marijuana for medical use. The law authorizes a four-year pilot program that expires at the end of 2017.
  • July 15, 2014: A legislative committee approves the program’s rules for patients, growers and retailers. Public comments from patients, entrepreneurs and city officials helped shape the rules.
  • Jan. 1, 2015: A law takes effect expanding the pilot program to allow children to be prescribed non-smokable forms of marijuana.

Filed Under: Homepage, Legal, Medical Marijuana Tagged With: changing attitudes, Gov. Pat Quinn, IL, Illinois, legalization, medical marijuana, medical marijuana in Illinois, mmj

Costs Adding Up For Illinois Medical Marijuana Entrepreneurs

January 18, 2015 by MJ News Network Leave a Comment

ILLINOIS: In the world of medical marijuana entrepreneurs in Illinois, there’s plenty of green behind the grass.

Hundreds of would-be medical marijuana growers and sellers have put millions of dollars on the line hoping for coveted state permits that were supposed to issued by former Gov. Pat Quinn by the end of last year.

To snag those valuable permits, the entrepreneurs hired consultants, lawyers and lobbyists.

They’re already paying rent, in some cases, or have money tied up in options to buy property.

And now, they wait.  And with millions of dollars on the line, waiting can get expensive.

Filed Under: Business, Dispensaries Tagged With: Chicago, cost of medical marijuana license, Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois medical marijuana, legal cannabis business, legalization, medical marijuana, medical marijuana entrepreneurs in Illinois, MJBA Chicago, mmj, the business of marijuana

Illinois Govenor Passes On Medical Marijuana

January 12, 2015 by MJ News Network Leave a Comment

ILLINOIS:  In the wake of Gov. Pat Quinn’s exit from office Monday, Sneed has learned he will NOT give a green light to Illinois license applications to cultivate and distribute medical marijuana — and will toss a safety wrench into the marijuana mix.

Sneed has also learned Gov. Quinn, who had been urging caution in the state’s medical marijuana process, will sign legislation Monday to further tighten the new medical marijuana laws.

Under the changes Quinn is signing into law, the Department of Agriculture will have the power not only to revoke marijuana growers’ licenses, but also to suspend them.

Quinn will also announce the first dozen appointments to the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board, which will ultimately have 16 members, including patients and doctors.

Filed Under: Homepage, Legal, Medical Marijuana, Politics Tagged With: cannabis, Gov. Pat Quinn, IL, Illinois, legalization, marijuana, medical marijuana, new medical marijuana laws

Medical Marijuana Applicants Come With Baggage

December 18, 2014 by MJ News Network Leave a Comment

ILLINOIS:  As Illinois prepares to authorize its first medical marijuana businesses, applicants seeking the potentially lucrative licenses include people with political connections and blemished backgrounds.

A lobbyist for one applicant is the former chief of staff for Gov. Pat Quinn. Owners of two other proposed companies have criminal convictions. Another applicant is tied to a corporate shell known for hiding assets and owners.

And that’s only a sampling discovered by the Tribune.

Under the new state law that legalized medical marijuana, the process for obtaining the right to sell the drug in Illinois has been cloaked in secrecy. The state has not revealed the names of businesses that have applied for licenses — let alone the people behind those businesses. Officials said that, to protect the process from clout influence, the panel scoring the applications won’t know who’s behind them. But the state has also not revealed the names of the panelists and won’t say whether it will disclose the scores of those who win licenses.

 

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: cannabis, end failed war on drugs, IL, Illinois, legalization, marijuana business, medical marijuana

Tarter: Value Of Hemp Grows In Illinois

November 2, 2014 by MJ News Network Leave a Comment

ILLINOIS:  Medical marijuana has made plenty of headlines across Illinois this year as various interests scurry to serve as production and distribution facilities.

Lost in the shuffle is an update on industrial hemp in this state.

That’s the non-sexy little brother in the cannabis family that won’t get you high or comfort the afflicted. All industrial hemp does is produce seeds and fiber that can be used in making clothing, food, beverages, paper, plastics, building supplies and fuel.

Eric Pollitt, the Peoria owner of the Global Hemp online store, reports that this summer, without any fanfare, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill making industrial hemp legal for research purposes.

 

 

Filed Under: Hemp Tagged With: end failed war on drugs, Hemp, hemp legalization, IL, Illinois, industrial hemp

Illinois Investors Jump Into Marijuana Business

June 15, 2014 by MJ News Network Leave a Comment

ILLINOIS:  Investors around Illinois are jockeying for positions in the marijuana business as they wait for the state’s new medical marijuana law to kick in. And some of them are politically connected.

According to the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises, Sam Borek has reserved at least three-dozen marijuana-related business names. Borek was a college roommate of the legislator who sponsored the law, Democratic state Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie.

Those companies have names like Illinois Medical Marijuana Sales Inc., Illinois Cannabis Realty Inc. and Cannabis Medical Centers of Illinois Inc.

And then there’s David Rosen of Chicago. He was Gov. Pat Quinn’s chief fundraiser in 2010 and also raised money for Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore.

 

Filed Under: Business, Medical Marijuana, Politics Tagged With: David Rosen, failed war on drugs, IL, Illinois, legal marijuana, marijuana business, marijuana investors, medical marijuana, mmj

City Introduces Framework For Medical Marijuana In Chicago

November 27, 2013 by mjbusinessweek Leave a Comment

ILLINOIS: The Chicago City Council laid the zoning framework for medical marijuana dispensaries during its Tuesday meeting. If you thought they would make it easy to obtain some legal kush remember this is Chicago and you’ll be reminded that, while Illinois became the 20th state to legalize cannabis, not everyone approves.

The measure introduced at Tuesday’s meeting calls for medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation centers to be allowed in planned manufacturing districts. The dispensaries and growing centers would also be required to secure special-use permits from the Zoning Board of Appeals and establish minimum spaces based on facility size. Chicago would also decriminalize medical marijuana under the ordinance; it already writes tickets to people caught with small amounts of pot.

The requirement to go before the Zoning Board of Appeals for special-use permits would allow area residents to object to having a dispensary in their vicinity. The recommendations proposed by the City Council Department of Planning and Development is in addition to the state law.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation allowing for medical marijuana in August. Billed as one of the toughest decriminalization laws in the nation, it calls for a four-year pilot program of 22 cultivation centers and 60 dispensaries where patients could buy marijuana after getting a prescription from a doctor with whom they have an existing relationship. The legislation sets a 2.5 ounce limit per patient per purchase.

Filed Under: Legal, Medical Marijuana Tagged With: Chicago, Chicago City Council, Gov. Pat Quinn, local marijuana zoning, medical marijuana

As Illinois Rolls Out Medical Marijuana, Little Impact Expected In Wisconsin

October 5, 2013 by mjbusinessweek Leave a Comment

WISCONSIN: Drive west out of Beloit on Shirland Avenue, just past the Rock River, and you won’t notice many differences on either side of the road.

Stateline Liquors on the left gives it away; the center line on this part of Shirland Avenue divides more than traffic, it splits Wisconsin and Illinois. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Illinois, leakage, medical marijuana, tipping point, WI

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