Copied straight from the bill....these are all of the "Qualifying" conditions: (h) "Debilitating medical condition" means one or more of 11\t\tthe following: 12\t\t (1) cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human 13\t\t immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency 14\t\t syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 15\t\t Crohn's disease, agitation of Alzheimer's disease, 16\t\t cachexia/wasting syndrome, muscular dystrophy, severe 17\t\t fibromyalgia, spinal cord disease, including but not 18\t\t limited to arachnoiditis, Tarlov cysts, hydromyelia, 19\t\t syringomyelia, Rheumatoid arthritis, fibrous dysplasia, 20\t\t spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and 21\t\t post-concussion syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, 22\t\t Arnold-Chiari malformation and Syringomyelia, 23\t\t Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA), Parkinson's, Tourette's, 24\t\t Myoclonus, Dystonia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD 25\t\t (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I), Causalgia, CRPS 26\t\t (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II),
i just read an article saying that gov quinn is open to the idea of medical cannabis so that helps our chances!
Depends. Maryland prob is the 19th waiting on Gov there i think. Also New Hampshire, and a few more might get there first.
About damn time. I get really embarrassed about how backwards Illinois can keep being in . . . well . . . everything.
Today's update on HB1 (Illinois Medical MJ bill) As we all know, the bill has passed the house and been delivered to the senate (where it will still be called HB 1) and has had it's first reading In the senate the chief sponsor is Bill Haine ( D - Alton ) The good news is that last night the bill picked up two co-sponsors: Linda Holmes (D- Aurora) and Iris Martinez (D - Chicago) Please call your state senator in support of this bill and urge them to become co-sponsors
I'm sorta disappointed by the bill already. I am really opposed to lawmakers setting a discrete list of disorders that can officially be treated with cannabis. Just because you're on a state legislature doesn't mean that you should be making medical decisions. I'd definitely prefer an open-ended list of conditions like in Michigan. I hate that Illinois is more worried about someone not being "sick enough" to need cannabis getting some versus creating red tape that will prohibit people that could be helped by it from getting any.
While I'm not thrilled by this bill either --this is the bill that passed (and just barely) when Rep Lang first started introducing medical MJ bills they were much more liberal --and the more he tightened the restrictions, the more votes he got The house republicans would rather have 12 people who need it go without -- than to allow 1 person who doesn't need it to have access
IL current list of illnesses qualifying: In addition, psychiatric conditions would not qualify. The specific conditions included in HB 1 are: cancer; glaucoma; HIV/AIDS; hepatitis C; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Crohn's disease; agitation of Alzheimer’s disease; cachexia/wasting syndrome; muscular dystrophy; severe fibromyalgia; spinal cord disease; Tarlov cysts; hydromyelia; syringomyelia; spinal cord injury; traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome; multiple sclerosis; Arnold Chiari malformation; Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA); Parkinson’s disease; Tourette’s syndrome; Myoclonus; Dystonia; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD); Causalgia; CRPS; Neurofibromatosis; Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy; Sjogren’s syndrome; Lupus; Interstitial Cystitis; Myasthenia Gravis; Hydrocephalus; nail patella syndrome; residual limb pain; or the treatment of these conditions.
fibromyalgia can not be positively tested for. If you go to the doctor and complain about your bones hurting enough they will diagnose you with "fibromyalgia" and theres nothing anyone can do to prove you don't have it . My mother in law did it to get pain pills for years .