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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"steemir",<br>"author":"dc420la",<br>"permlink":"chicago-medical-marijuana-in-spotlight-in-illinois-reefer-madness-vs-cannabis-cures",<br>"title":"Chicago: Medical Marijuana in Spotlight in Illinois Reefer Madness vs. Cannabis Cures",<br>"body":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IWhhUbQxX1E\n\nCannabis is a burning topic in Illinois. With last month's referendum showing 2-1 support for cannabis legalization in America's second most populous district of Cook County,<br> debate over the benefits and alleged harm of cannabis is heating up like a dab rig on 4\/20. \n\nChicago Tonight brought on a panel of usual suspects,<br> including a spokesperson for the notorious and reefer madmen over at SAM,<br> \"Smart Approaches to Marijuana\" for a fifteen minute debate. Enjoy!\n\nFrom Chicago Tonight by Alexandra Silets:\n\n\"Bank of Springfield,<br> which reportedly handled 70 percent of the medical cannabis banking in Illinois,<br> announced it is pulling out of the business in May.\n\n\"The banking industry is reluctant to participate because there are still federal laws on the books that make marijuana an illegal substance \u2013 despite its legalization in a number of states for both medical and recreational use.\"\n\n\u201cAny time you have a program like this it\u2019s relatively unique in that it operates in direct contradiction to a known federal law,<br>\u201d said Bob Morgan,<br> the former director of the state\u2019s Illinois Medical Cannabis Program. He is a medical cannabis attorney at the law firm Much Shelist.\n\n\u201cEveryone knows that medical cannabis is still a violation of federal law even if it\u2019s allowed under state law. So the Bank of Springfield moved into servicing this industry knowing the situation,<br> but I understand constantly looking at the risk and the considerations of whether or not to service the industry,<br>\u201d he said.\n\nThe bank\u2019s decision has left cannabis growers and dispensaries scrambling to find a bank that will risk taking their money.\"\n\n\n\n",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"steemir\",<br>\"cannabis\",<br>\"marijuana\",<br>\"cook-county\",<br>\"chicago\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/IWhhUbQxX1E\/1.jpg\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IWhhUbQxX1E\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemir\/1.0\",<br>\"format\":\"html\" " | | comment_options | "author":"dc420la",
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