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Illinois announces registration of 1st marijuana dispensary

The expense accepted outcomes in fast 2014, yet to time no affected individuals have already been qualified to legit get access to medical marijuana.

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After years of delays, the first medical marijuana dispensary in Illinois has been registered by the state.

Illinois regulators have announced the registration of the state’s first medical marijuana dispensary.

Dispensary employees must be licensed under a separate process before a dispensary opens for business.

Lehman, of St. Louis, said the dispensary, at 8195 Express Drive, was founded in partnership with his mother, Michele Koo, a St. Louis plastic surgeon, and his father, who also is a surgeon.

It’s not clear when the dispensary will make its first sale, but at least it has a license.

The dispensary in Marion has completed the state’s registration process including an inspection. Suffering patients in Illinois deserve better than that.

The Illinois medical marijuana law requires a “bona fide physician-patient relationship” beyond a marijuana consultation.

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The Illinois State Medical Society declined an opportunity to comment on Starkman or whether his case would deter doctors from recommending marijuana to their patients.

Illinois Registers First Medical Marijuana Dispensary