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Governor Rauner Revises Medical Marijuana Legislation to Include Use for Pain Management to Help Combat Opioid Crisis

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Alternatives to Opioids Act of 2018 offers pain-management option

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2018
By: Rosemary Piser

Governor Bruce Rauner signed the Alternatives to Opioids Act of 2018 on Wednesday. The Act expands the list of those eligible for medical marijuana to include those that might otherwise use opioids for pain management. The bill was signed at the Chicago Recovery Alliance on Chicago’s west side.

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At the bill signing, Governor Rauner said, “This law…

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