Illinois Lawmakers Considering Bills to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Pot

March 19, 2015
johnhollon
Illinois, Policy & Legal
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Lawmakers in Springfield will consider several marijuana bills this session, including at least one that would decriminalize small amounts of pot.

Other proposed laws would:

Extend the now-delayed medical marijuana pilot program.
Add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of conditions that make a patient qualified to use medical marijuana.
Allow adults to possess or grow small amounts of marijuana.

Several other marijuana-related bills also are proposed.

And proponents of legalized marijuana see this influx of legislation as “baby steps” on the way to legalization. [Read more at the Chicago Sun-Times]

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