On the verge of medical marijuana in Illinois, growers have a question: how will they procure seeds to begin growing?

Under federal law, transporting seeds over state lines is illegal. To start, people need the “magic beans” to appear.

“Admittedly, the first seed is not technically a legal seed. There is no way to write this,” State Rep. and author of the medical marijuana act Louis Lang said.

And that is exactly what they did.

“We purposely left the bill silent. It’s either grown illegally in Illinois or brought in inappropriately.”

This, however, is no different than other states.

“We’ve really considered the difficulties other states have faced,” Robert Morgan, the medical cannabis director for the Illinois Department of Health told NBC.

In order to obtain the seeds, the feds must turn a blind eye.

If the state system in place appears strong to the federal government, this should not be a problem.

There will be a very intense process in place for Illinois growers including background checks for all employees, 24 hour-video monitoring of plants, and extremely close tabs on each plant from infancy to birth to the dispensaries.

“From the moment they plant the seeds, we’re going to know where the product is,” Morgan said. “The volume, we’re going to know it the ‘T’ of the actual clone to be able to trace back where that product came from to the sale to the dispensaries and the patients.”