Medical marijuana hearing and vote tomorrow

Medical marijuana bill H.B. 4868 has passed out of the House Rules Committee and has been referred to the House Health Care Availability and Access Committee. It is scheduled for a hearing tomorrow—Tuesday, March 2—which will be immediately followed by a vote.

If the bill passes this committee, it will be primed to receive a vote on the floor of the House. But if H.B. 4868 fails in this committee, it is dead for the year.

If you haven't yet made your views on medical marijuana known to your legislators, it's certainly not too late: Please take a few moments to visit Take Action. After you type in your address, our site will automatically e-mail your letter to your legislator … all with the click of a few buttons. The whole process takes less than two minutes, but it makes a world of difference. Also, you can print the letters and send them to your legislators through regular mail. Please note that you should select the second link on MPP's Illinois Take Action page.

In other news, on Saturday, February 28, the Chicago Tribune endorsed MPP's medical marijuana bills. You can read the full editorial here. And on Sunday, the Tribune again editorialized in favor of medical marijuana, publishing a column called "Medical Marijuana and Its Witless Enemies," which you can read here.

Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project. Please tell others in Illinois about this bill, so that even more people can speak out for reform.