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MCAB recommends fourth condition, agrees more education needed

Illinois News Joint

MCAB members voted to recommend Uterine Fibroid and Painful Uterine Fibroid but did not recommend Generalized Anxiety as a qualifying debilitating condition. After back-and-forth discussion, board members first voted 7-0 to approve Uterine Fibroid as a qualifying debilitating condition. Subieta Benito abstained from the vote.

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New Jersey Recreational Cannabis Sales Begin

Veriheal

Just a day after worldwide celebrations of cannabis, legal sales of recreational marijuana became for New Jersey residents. On April 21st, 2022, the state opened the doors to recreational cannabis sales within authorized medical dispensaries. On the first day of sales, 12,438 recreational cannabis consumers purchased over $1.9

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Oregon NORML, In Partnership With The Oregon Justice League, Files “Legalization Justice Act of 2020”

NORML

Summary of language: Tax Revenues: Redistribute recreational cannabis taxes in a way that promotes the social justice goals of cannabis legalization. Producers of recreational or medical cannabis may enter into caregiving relationships with qualifying patients and provide medicine directly.

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How four conditions for medical patients were approved: Part II

Illinois News Joint

Part I of this series detailed the difficult, time consuming, and courageous work behind the process of how the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) added female orgasmic disorder to the list of qualifying debilitating condition for medical patients in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program.

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Illinois State Treasurer issues RFP for cannabis tax banking services

Illinois News Joint

The Office of the Illinois State Treasurer (Treasurer) this week issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for banking services for cash processing of medical and recreational cannabis tax payments. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Emphasis should be on clarity, brevity, and completeness of response. May 19, 2025.

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Study: Potential Adverse Drug Events When Combining THC with Other Medication

The Joint Blog

Its psychoactive ingredient, THC, has made cannabis a highly used recreational drug for millennia. And with the legalization of cannabis in Canada and legislation in 33 US states allowing for some kind of marijuana use (recreational or medicinal), the popularity of cannabis has been on the rise.

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Illinois cannabis patients ignored for another year

Illinois News Joint

In fact, only one cannabis-related bill, House Bill 1443 (HB1443), has been passed since recreational legalization in January 2020. Separate votes for a “qualifying term” to the condition also was recommended for Painful Ovarian Cyst and Painful Uterine Fibroid. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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