Thanks to action taken this week by the governor, Illinois injured workers will soon qualify for medical marijuana in lieu of opioids. But the doctors who write the prescriptions may still not get paid for months, or even years.
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Senate Bill 336, which expands the state’s medical marijuana access. Known as the Alternatives to Opioids Act of 2018, it establishes a pilot program under which physicians may prescribe marijuana for patients who are taking opioids or who have a condition for which opioids could be prescribed.
The bill did not exc...
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