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SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS - A bill to protect seriously ill Illinois residents from arrest for using medical cannabis with their doctor's recommendation will receive its first hearing Tuesday before the Senate Public Health Committee.
WHAT: Hearing on S.B. 650, the medical cannabis bill.
WHO: Multiple sclerosis patient and Illinois Drug Education and Legislative (IDEAL) Reform board member Julie Falco, Chicago, is scheduled to testify before the committee.
Other health care professionals, patients, and medical cannabis policy experts expected to attend the hearing include:
*MPP assistant director of state policies Karen O'Keefe, Washington, D.C.
*Psychiatrist Dr. Zulima Hurtado, Round Lake Park
*Registered nurse and multiple sclerosis patient Gretchen Steele, Coulterville
WHEN: Tuesday, March 6, between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
WHERE: The State Capitol, room 400
S.B. 650, introduced by Sen. John Cullerton (D-Chicago), is one of about a dozen medical cannabis bills currently under consideration by state legislatures across the country. Eleven states currently have medical marijuana laws: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
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