05.18.2009 2:16 pm

Ill. medical marijuana vote expected Tuesday

Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois state Senate is expected to take up state Sen. William Haine’s proposal to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes sometime tomorrow.

As always, things could change. But the latest we’ve heard from Haine, an Alton Democrat, is…

Tags: Illinois Senate, medicial marijuana, Sen. William Haine

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04.30.2009 11:37 am

Updated: Ill. medical marijuana debate still smoking

By Kari Andren

Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau

UPDATE: We’ve just gotten a call from Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington D.C., responding to this morning’s news conference.

Mirken said teen use of marijuana in the states where it is legalized for medical use has gone…

Tags: Bruce Mirken, drug cartels, Marijuana Policy Project, Marinol, medicial marijuana, Sen. William Haine

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Ill. medical marijuana vote expected Tuesday

Updated: Ill. medical marijuana debate still smoking

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