Marijuana Commercials Could Start Airing In Chicago Area
CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker takes a look at them in this original report, and you decide if you want to buy what they're selling.
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CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker takes a look at them in this original report, and you decide if you want to buy what they're selling.
Forever high on hubris, the sport is pondering extra games, playoff teams, and new franchises, perhaps in London or Los Angeles. And it feels like all are in the name of profit, not principle.
Here are just a few of the bad "news" pieces we're going to be subjected to for the next few days.
The state's new medical marijuana law has a little-known provision that allows felons to purchase pot.
Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and other members of the City Council have expressed concerns about limits on their oversight, claiming they're prohibited from setting other restrictions on dispensaries and cultivation centers, beyond what is in state law.
The new state law takes effect Jan. 1. It's designed to tightly control subscriptions of medical marijuana – not marijuana for recreational use – for patients suffering from specified conditions, such as glaucoma.
In just a couple of months, pot will be legal in Illinois. The sale of medical marijuana promises big changes to our communities. But as Dorothy Tucker reports, you might not like some of them.
Before you know it, selling weed in Illinois will be legal as the state's medical marijuana law takes effect in January. It's expected to rake in $60 million the first year. Dorothy Tucker reports on the many ways you can cash in.
The CEO of the Quantum 9 medical marijuana consulting firm Michael Mayes says some entrepreneurs are already looking for land and real estate for the 22 marijuana growing operations to be allowed in Illinois.
A human resources expert says issues of marijuana and the workplace are definitely headed for court, reports WBBM's John Cody.
Good Intentions has been flooded with 20,000 calls in just a couple of months.
Coming up in two weeks in downtown Chicago, an underground industry will step into the spotlight, at a symposium on marijuana growing.
Less than a week since it was signed into law, the state's first medical marijuana clinic has opened it's doors and already the demand is high.
Illinois has become the 20th state in the U.S. to legalize medical marijuana on Thursday, after Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure allowing doctors to prescribe the drug to patients with a limited number of serious medical conditions.
Medical marijuana supporters are hoping the Governor will sign a bill in the coming weeks legalizing the drug for medical use.
One suburban police chief thinks law enforcement agencies across the state need to be better prepared if and when medical marijuana becomes legal in Illinois.
The Chicago Crime Commission has urged Gov. Pat Quinn to veto medical marijuana legislation approved by state lawmakers earlier this year.
Governor Quinn still isn't saying whether he'll sign the medical marijuana bill, reports WBBM's Veronica Carter.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday.
Leading Illinois law enforcement organizations stepped up their opposition Wednesday to legalizing marijuana for medicinal use, warning Gov. Pat Quinn in a letter about lax motorist safeguards on a day a committee moved the measure to the Senate floor.
The Illinois House Wednesday approved a measure to allow physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients with specific terminal illnesses or debilitating medical conditions.
Illinois lawmakers could vote on legislation to legalize medical marijuana this week, and a group of 250 doctors has urged them to support the measure.
The sponsor of legislation that would allow medical marijuana use in Illinois said Tuesday he'll push for a vote on the measure when lawmakers return to Springfield early next month.
A reminder: Medical marijuana is illegal in Illinois. And that's what police say landed two Chicago men in the DuPage County jail.
Will Illinois be the next state to allow medical marijuana prescriptions? CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
