The legislation that
authorizes the use of medical marijuana in Illinois was signed by
Governor Pat Quinn on August 1, 2013. Enterprising individuals in the
state keeping an eye on a promising venture can look into their
option of establishing a medical cannabis dispensary. However, they
have to ensure they follow the standards when doing so. Here are the
three priorities to keep in mind:
Dispensary pharmacists
can sell marijuana only to qualifying patients.
Only patients with
certain medical conditions are authorized to use cannabis. They have
to be diagnosed by an authorized physician first, register with their
health department, and obtain an identification card. Their physician
will determine if cannabis can, indeed, be beneficial to relieving
the symptoms associated with their condition, and if so, the
physician will provide the appropriate prescription.
Patients need to
designate a caregiver to assist with their use of medical cannabis.
Before qualified patients
can use cannabis for medical purposes, they have to authorize first a
caregiver to assist them. Caregivers would have their own
identification cards, too. Dispensary pharmacists can sell to these
caregivers on behalf of their patients, provided the caregivers
present appropriate IDs.
Dispensary owners
can’t sell to out-of-state patients.
Visitors who are
qualifying patients in their home state are not authorized to have
access to medical cannabis from Illinois dispensaries. As of the
moment, the program is only open to the residents in the state
itself.
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