Full Text of HB1076 98th General Assembly
HB1076 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB1076 Introduced 1/30/2013, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Contains only a short title provision and a section on findings. Makes findings on the medical use of cannabis to treat medical conditions.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning alternative treatment for serious | 2 | | diseases causing chronic pain and debilitating conditions.
| 3 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 4 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 5 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 | | Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Findings. | 8 | | (a) Modern medical research has discovered beneficial uses | 9 | | for cannabis in treating or alleviating the pain, nausea, and | 10 | | other symptoms associated with a variety of debilitating | 11 | | medical conditions, as found by the National Academy of | 12 | | Sciences' Institute of Medicine in March 1999. | 13 | | (b) Subsequent studies since the 1999 National Academy of | 14 | | Sciences' Institute of Medicine report continue to show the | 15 | | therapeutic value of cannabis in treating a wide array of | 16 | | debilitating medical conditions, including increasing the | 17 | | chances of patients finishing their treatments for HIV/AIDS and | 18 | | hepatitis C. | 19 | | (c) Data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform | 20 | | Crime Reports and the Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics | 21 | | show that approximately 99 out of every 100 cannabis arrests in | 22 | | the U.S. are made under state law, rather than under federal | 23 | | law. Consequently, changing state law will have the practical |
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| 1 | | effect of protecting from arrest the vast majority of seriously | 2 | | ill people who have a medical need to use cannabis. | 3 | | (d) Although federal law currently prohibits any use of | 4 | | cannabis except under very limited circumstances, Alaska, | 5 | | California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, | 6 | | Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island, and | 7 | | Washington have removed state-level criminal penalties from | 8 | | the medical use and cultivation of cannabis. Illinois joins in | 9 | | this effort for the health and welfare of its citizens. | 10 | | (e) States are not required to enforce federal law or | 11 | | prosecute people for engaging in activities prohibited by | 12 | | federal law. Therefore, compliance with this Act does not put | 13 | | the State of Illinois in violation of federal law. | 14 | | (f) State law should make a distinction between the medical | 15 | | and non-medical uses of cannabis. Hence, the purpose of this | 16 | | Act is to protect patients with debilitating medical | 17 | | conditions, as well as their physicians and primary caregivers, | 18 | | from arrest and prosecution, criminal and other penalties, and | 19 | | property forfeiture if these patients engage in the medical use | 20 | | of cannabis. | 21 | | (g) The people of the State of Illinois declare that they | 22 | | enact this Act pursuant to the police power to protect the | 23 | | health of its citizens that is reserved to the State of | 24 | | Illinois and its people under the 10th Amendment to the United | 25 | | States Constitution.
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