Some Illinois Republicans Are High On Medical Marijuana

The AP recently surveyed the GOP candidates for Illinois governor and found out something, like, totally awesome dude: some of them actually support medical marijuana laws for the state.

Of course, some of them are also closed-minded curmudgeons who actually claim with a clear-conscious that "relatively few studies have been completed on the health benefits relating to the effects of inhaling marijuana as an alternative to currently available treatment."

That quote comes from DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom. Obviously, he has never heard of a little group called the American Medical Association.

Remarkably, though it seems Schillerstrom is a minority among his peers. Most of the candidates quoted in the piece say they would back a "narrowly defined" or "narrowly drawn" prescription pot law for the Land of Lincoln.

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