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BLOOMINGTON — Dave Stewart of Normal wasn't deterred by the state's decision last week not to expand access to medical marijuana.
After the Department of Public Health announced the drug would continue to be barred for patients with eight medical conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, Stewart said he plans to keep pushing.
“It just makes it to where we have to fight even more,” he said.
For Stewart, who suffers from PTSD related to two tours of Army service in Iraq, that's "talking to people,” he said.
But that's exactly what's necessary, said Medical Cannabis Alliance of Illinois Chairman Ross Morreale of Chicago.
“It’s such a rigid administration when it comes to denying suffering patients access to this,” he said. “More people need to be talking about this. More people need to be outraged by it.”
Medical marijuana sales opened Nov. 9 and about 4,400 patients are registered, below expectations. Adding more conditions would...
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