Medical Marijuana Advocates Cheer Gov. Rauner’s About-Face On Program Expansion
CHICAGO (AP) — Medical marijuana advocates are applauding Gov. Bruce Rauner’s about-face on expanding Illinois’ pilot program in length and qualifying conditions, saying it will allow time to show the...
View ArticleNew Medical Marijuana Patch Fights Pain
CHICAGO (CBS) — A new patch, to fight pain. It’s the latest product being rolled out at the states medical marijuana dispensaries. And as CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez tells us in this Original Report, it...
View ArticleIllinois Marijuana Sales Top $20M Since Program Began
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Medical marijuana sales reached more than $3.8 million last month at licensed dispensaries throughout Illinois. The state released new monthly sales figures Wednesday....
View Article2 Investigators: Patient, 77, Waits — And Waits — For Her Medical Marijuana Card
(CBS) — More than 11,000 people suffering from painful conditions have received medical marijuana cards since the state of Illinois’ pilot program began in 2014. Many more are still waiting, having to...
View ArticleCannabis Product May Help Your Ailing Pet, Veterinarian Says
(CBS) — We’ve heard about the benefits of medical marijuana for people, but what about pets? Roseanne Tellez reports CBD — found in cannabis and hemp — is showing promise in treating pets. Amy Barnes’...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Use Rejected For Intractable Pain, Autism In Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Public Health has rejected intractable pain and autism spectrum disorder as medical conditions that could be treated with medical cannabis. The...
View ArticleMundelein Marijuana Dispensary Celebrates 4-20 With Patient Appreciation Day
CHICAGO (CBS) — It’s April 20, or 4-20, a sort of national holiday to celebrate marijuana. The number can be traced back to a group of teens who met at 4:20 p.m. each day to get high. In this Original...
View ArticleJob Seeker Caught In State-Federal Spat Over Medical Marijuana
(CBS) – He smokes medical marijuana to cope with constant pain, which is legal in Illinois. So, why is he being turned down for a job? CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports. Marijuana eases the pain that Eric...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed To Allow Medical Marijuana Use At School
CHICAGO (CBS/AP) — The parents of a suburban Chicago elementary school student are suing School District 54 in Schaumburg and the state of Illinois for the right to use medical marijuana at school. The...
View ArticleDeal Struck Allowing Girl To Take Prescribed Cannabis At School
(CBS) – There is a compromise, for now, in an 11-year-old’s battle to take marijuana products to her school. Illinois state law allows the medically prescribed use of marijuana, but not on school...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana In School Case Returns To Court Monday
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A Hanover Park mother’s fight to allow her daughter to take medical marijuana at school returns Monday to federal court. The case involves 11-year-old Ashley Surin, whose...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana for School Students Approved By Illinois House
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Illinois House approved to adopt a plan that permits infused medical marijuana to be administered to students by parents in elementary and secondary schools. The House voted 99-1 to...
View ArticleIllinois Bill Would Expand Availability Of Medical Marijuana
CARBONDALE, IL. (AP) – An Illinois Senate bill that would expand the use of medical marijuana in order to combat the state’s opioid crisis has been referred to the Illinois House Rules Committee. The...
View ArticleMichigan Says Autism And Arthritis Now Treatable By Medical Marijuana
MICHIGAN (CBS Local) – Michigan has added several medical conditions to the state’s list of ailments which qualify for a medical marijuana prescription. In a release by Michigan’s Department of...
View ArticleMiracle Drug Or Snake Oil? CBD Gaining Popularity As Medical Treatment
CHICAGO (CBS) — “Amazing.” “A magic bullet.” “Life-changing.” Those are just some of the ways people describe cannabidiol, or CBD, a product they use to treat everything from pain to mental health...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Clinic Teaches Patients How To Cook With Cannabis
CHICAGO (CBS) — About 30,000 people in Illinois are approved for medical marijuana, but not everyone wants to smoke it. A cooking class in the northern suburbs is teaching patients how to cook with...
View ArticleIllinois Governor OKs Allowing Medical Cannabis At Schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a law requiring public schools to allow parents to administer medical marijuana at school to eligible children. The Republican signed the...
View ArticleCorona Brewer Boosts Stake In Marijuana Producer For $4B
(AP) — The parent company of Corona beer and other alcoholic drinks is expanding its partnership with a Canadian pot producer, betting on the continued growth in the medical and recreational cannabis...
View ArticleCBS 2 Investigates False Promises In The Medical Marijuana Industry
CHICAGO (CBS)–Some Illinois patients turning to medical marijuana for pain relief are complaining that a company claiming to help people get medical cannabis registry ID cards is taking their money...
View ArticleThanks To ‘Ashley’s Law,’ Sick Illinois Students Now Can Take Medical...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Twelve-year-old Ashley Surin had a busy summer. “I made a law,” she said. “Ashley’s Law,” signed by the governor earlier this month, allows her and hundreds of other children who suffer...
View ArticleIllinois Company One Of Virginia’s First 5 Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia regulators have picked five companies to open the state’s first medical cannabis dispensaries. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that after more than five hours of...
View ArticleIllinois Medical Marijuana Companies Work To Expand
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois medical marijuana companies are working to expand as they expect opportunities to grow after years of stagnation, given recent legislation to expand access to medical marijuana...
View ArticleActivist Voices Opposition To Legal Illinois Marijuana Sales
CHICAGO (AP) — An opponent to legal marijuana in Illinois says it will allow white corporate exploitation of minority customers. Chicago activist the Reverend Gregory Seal Livingston called the effort...
View ArticleStudy: Chronic Pain Given As Top Reason For Using Medical Marijuana
(AP) — A study finds chronic pain is the most common reason people give when they enroll in state-approved medical marijuana programs. That’s followed by stiffness from multiple sclerosis and...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Use Can Still Lead To Firing At Many Companies
CHICAGO (CBS) — Medical marijuana might be legal, but you can still lose your job for using it because many companies still have no tolerance policies. There are more than 40,000 people with medical...
View Article‘It’s Pretty Much A Life Saver’: Man Chooses Medical Marijuana Over His Job
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois legalized medical marijuana, but employers can still fire employees who fail a drug test. Nick Torraco chose medical marijuana over his job and hopes taking a stand will change...
View ArticleOK To Smoke, Not To Grow? States Wrestle With Homegrown Pot
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers working to legalize recreational marijuana have hit a potential snag that other states have wrestled with: whether to allow people to grow a few pot plants...
View ArticleGov. Pritzker Signs Bill Expansion Of Medical Marijuana Law
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed two measures expanding what conditions are included for the state’s medical marijuana program and who’s allowed to authorize it. The state’s medical...
View ArticleWhen Pot Is Legal, CHA Residents Won’t Be Able To Light Up
CHICAGO (CBS) — In just a matter of weeks, you can legally smoke pot in Illinois. Or can you? CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole is clearing the air on why it will actually be illegal in the privacy in some...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Users Frustrated By Lower Supply, Rising Prices In Illinois
CHICAGO (CBS) — Is Illinois’ pot supply going up in smoke? CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole on Wednesday looked into a shortage at the state’s legal dispensaries – and what that means for legal recreational...
View ArticleGlen Ellyn Board Members To Vote On Temporary Ban Of Marijuana Shops
CHICAGO (CBS)– Tuesday night, Glen Ellyn board members will vote on temporarily banning non-medical marijuana shops. If the ban stands, the board will revisit the topic in six months to a year after...
View ArticleWhy Are Illinois Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Limiting Their Sales?
CHICAGO (CBS) — A shortage of medical marijuana in Illinois has been making headlines lately, and now, we’ve learned sales are being limited. As CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole reported Tuesday, there are...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Company’s Bid To Move To Bigger Location Advances In Tense...
by Todd Feurer, CBS Chicago web producer CHICAGO (CBS) — Despite complaints from aldermen about a lack of minority involvement in the burgeoning legal marijuana industry, a medical marijuana firm...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Dispensaries Brace Themselves For Recreational Pot Purchasers
CHICAGO (CBS) — Recreational pot isn’t legal for two more days. But already there are lines outside a marijuana dispensary in Chicago. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole on what’s behind the last second push for...
View ArticleBig Rush For Medical Marijuana Users To Stock Up Ahead Of Recreational...
CHICAGO (CBS) — There is a rush for medical marijuana users to stock up before the crush expected Wednesday, when recreational cannabis becomes legal. As CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov...
View ArticleOn Eve Of Legal Marijuana In Illinois, North Aurora Dispensary Prepares For...
NORTH AURORA, Ill. (CBS) — Legal recreational marijuana goes on sale in Illinois on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. As CBS 2’s Vince Gersaole reported Tuesday evening, the 46 stores licensed to sell marijuana...
View ArticleTwo More ‘Same Site’ Dispensaries Approved For Chicago Suburbs
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two existing medical marijuana dispensaries will now be open for business for recreational weed users in the suburbs. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation...
View ArticleSome Marijuana Products Have Been In Short Supply, And Medical Users Say...
CHICAGO (CBS) — It has been six months since Illinois began selling marijuana for adult use, and though sales have been rising, some products can be in short supply. As CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole reported...
View ArticleCombined Recreational, Medical Marijuana Sales Exceeded $108 Million In...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Marijuana sales in Illinois topped out at more than $108 million between recreational and medical dispensaries last month, state officials said Monday. The total figure for recreational...
View ArticleCity Officials Investigating After Man Turned Down For Job Over Medical...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Denied a job because of medical marijuana use; a North Side man said it happened to him, and now the City of Chicago is investigating. CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas looks into...
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