City proposes rigid ground rules for medical marijuana

The state law caps the number of dispensaries at 60 and bars them from opening in a private home, residential area or within 1,000 feet of a school or day care center.

On Aug. 1, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a medical marijuana bill that takes effect Jan. 1.

It establishes a four-year pilot program that will allow patients suffering from one of 42 named ailments or diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS and ALS, to obtain the drug with a doctor’s prescription.

They would be allowed to purchase and possess 2.5 ounces of marijuana during a two-week period.

Users, growers and sellers would have to undergo fingerprinting and criminal background checks. Employers and landlords could bar medicinal marijuana use in their workplaces and buildings.

And users would have to undergo field sobriety tests if police suspect they are driving under the influence of medical cannabis and could lose their driving privileges and privileges to use pot for their illnesses.

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