Growing recreational pot at home might not be allowed after all under Illinois legalization proposal

[Eugene]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Growing recreational pot at home might not be allowed after all under Illinois legalization proposal, sponsors say

By Robert McCoppin
Chicago Tribune

MAY 14, 2019, 8:15 AM

Just more than a week after introducing a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois, sponsors have begun retooling the measure to appease critics.

In one of the most fundamental changes, sponsors say it is likely they will eliminate a provision to let all adult state residents grow up to five plants at home.

A member of the leading cannabis advocacy group, Illinois NORML, said if that change is made, the group will have to reconsider whether to support the bill.

But the change would address concerns from law enforcement that the homegrown provisions would make it difficult to find illegal growers.

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Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-legalization-will-likely-prohibit-home-grow-20190513-story.html

[walkingman]

1. Stupid - who cares except the cops?

[PoliticAverse]

2. Apparently some people only care about the law if they think they'll be caught. n/t

[davsand]

4. If you home grow there's no revenue in it for the stsate.

Make no mistake, the drive behind legalization is driven by revenues for somebody. It doesn't matter if it is the growers, the corporations who want a chunk of the cash, or even the politicians that collect campaign cash from donors--everything in Illinois is a transaction for somebody.

I was hearing from the med marijuana community before the election that Pritzger (our current Governor) knew that recreational was not gonna be here in Illinois until 2020. Even at that time, they were saying the rush was put on it because the revenue was going to be higher if Illinois could get legalization passed and active before Michigan did. Our Medical Marijuana program was seriously handicapped by the prior Republican Governor's buddies, and if we are being totally honest, there is a LOT of work to be done on that as well. I haven't seen a huge amount of improvement in that program in the last few months (since Pritzger was inaugurated) either. They need to expand the list of qualifying conditions, and they need to get the access to dispensaries. NONE of that has happened yet.

If I had to guess, the legislature is going to blink. Not gonna lie, I've heard more than one person speculate that there's money flowing under the tables to make sure of that delay. I will be amazed if they pass anything to legalize, let alone allow for home grow.

YMMV.


Laura

[walkingman]

5. I would think if it was a money issue then Texas would go for it. Of course

we (Texas) are on the verge of being a Theocracy and the "Holier-than-thou" crowd would go apeshit. But I suspect at some point even this backwards state will be forced to move into the 21st century.

[msongs]

3. legal organized crime hates legal pot, cuts into their skim racket nt