PATIENTS NEEDING PAIN MEDICATIONS MAY HAVE ANOTHER OPTION BESIDES ADDICTIVE OPIOIDS.
STATE LAWMAKERS PASSED A BILL LETTING SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS FOR THEIR PAIN…GET MEDICAL MARIJUANA INSTEAD. REPRESENTATIVE KELLY CASSIDY OF CHICAGO SAYS THEY HOPE TO CURB THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN ILLINOIS.
THOSE HOPING TO WEAN OFF THEIR PAINKILLERS WOULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE. THE BILL MUST STILL BE SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR.
