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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, right, and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker attend a televised debate at the NBC studios in Chicago on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Candidates for Illinois governor are split over marijuana legalization despite popular support

By Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune
October 25, 2018

Medical pot for PTSD could save program

By Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune
June 16, 2016
Marijuana grower Basil McMahon with his crop in Grass Valley, Calif., on November 12, 2015. A sweeping new package of laws will reverse years of state silence by regulating and licensing every stage of the medical marijuana industry. It means Ill be able to do what Im doing without fear of persecution for the first time in my life, for the first time in generations, McMahon said. 

Is risk of state discipline scaring doctors away from medical marijuana?

By Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune
February 10, 2016
Illinois declines to expand medical marijuana conditions list

Illinois declines to expand medical marijuana conditions list

By Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune
January 31, 2016
(Chicago Tribune file photo)

Medical marijuana advocates ask Gov. Rauner to expand the program

By Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune
January 19, 2016
Medical marijuana debuts in Illinois but some patients turned away

Medical marijuana debuts in Illinois but some patients turned away

By Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune
November 9, 2015
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