Home | Community | Message Board



Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Growery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Kraken Kratom Kratom Capsules for Sale   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds   Bridgetown Botanicals Bridgetown Botanicals

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
OfflineSleepAid
Oxford comma advocate
 User Gallery


Registered: 11/02/14
Posts: 1,109
Last seen: 5 years, 3 months
Children will get access to medical marijuana in Illinois
    #763052 - 12/23/14 10:19 PM (9 years, 2 months ago)


Under the rules taking effect next year, minors will be allowed access to medical marijuana only through such means as foods or liquid drops. Smokable pot will remain prohibited for them. (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune)

Children who live in Illinois will be allowed access to medical marijuana in the new year under rules announced by state officials Tuesday.

Those younger than 18 will need permission from a parent or legal guardian, must get the drug through an adult caregiver and will be required to receive approval from their own treating physician and a second doctor. Children may obtain only marijuana-infused products, such as food or liquid drops, and will not be allowed to get raw pot for smoking, under Illinois Department of Public Health rules.

A new state law that took effect this year originally authorized medical marijuana for adults only. But parents of children with severe seizure disorders spearheaded a change in the law to allow ailing minors to get the drug as well.

Some children in other states where medical marijuana is legal reportedly suffered many fewer seizures and fewer side effects after taking marijuana oil that was so low in the psychoactive ingredient THC that they did not get high. Research has also shown that marijuana can help treat pain and improve appetite, and its use in Illinois was approved for any child who has one of about three dozen qualifying medical conditions, among them cancer and muscular dystrophy.

When the change takes effect on New Year's Day, children who apply must submit photos but will not be required to submit fingerprints, as their caregivers and adult patients must do.

State regulators say that before the end of this year, they will announce which businesses will be awarded licenses to operate up to 21 growing warehouses and 60 retail shops spread throughout the state. Then the businesses will have to equip their facilities and grow the first crops, which are expected to be on the market by this spring.

Marijuana remains illegal and is classified as having no medical value under federal law. The American Medical Association and anti-drug advocates oppose its use, warning of damage to the lungs and brain. Critics and advocates of medical marijuana agree that much more research should be done to understand its effects.

The Illinois rules changes also expanded the proposed Medical Cannabis Advisory Board to include one parent or caregiver of a child patient, and at least one health care practitioner with pediatric experience. The board will consider expanding the program to cover additional medical conditions.

source


--------------------
Signature this, ho.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Kraken Kratom Kratom Capsules for Sale   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds   Bridgetown Botanicals Bridgetown Botanicals


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Medical marijuana: Once-supportive doctors angered by mass clinics TomCollins 2,034 0 06/01/10 12:52 AM
by TomCollins
* California School Stops Administering Medical Marijuana to Student Deadkndys420 1,452 3 11/12/13 05:30 PM
by Mycophile
* Obama Ends Medical Marijuana Raids in 13 States geokillsA 7,648 10 10/26/09 10:52 PM
by Keith22
* US: Medical marijuana bill gets initial OK Shaggy420 1,726 0 02/12/11 09:20 AM
by Shaggy420
* Medical marijuana: Once-supportive doctors angered by mass clinics Triptonic 2,536 2 06/02/10 02:22 AM
by TomCollins
* Medical marijuana: Pot of gold or pipe dream? SpaceMonkey 1,771 0 05/07/10 12:37 PM
by SpaceMonkey
* CA Cities Sued Over Medical Marijuana Ordinances SpaceMonkey 1,837 0 05/11/10 10:46 PM
by SpaceMonkey
* Medical marijuana bill passes committee, heading for full Pa. Senate vote tomorrow behindthecurtain 1,565 0 09/24/14 03:27 PM
by behindthecurtain

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: geokills
869 topic views. 0 members, 10 guests and 7 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:
Sporeworks
Please support our sponsors.

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.017 seconds spending 0.004 seconds on 11 queries.