For the record (and if someone else mentioned this, forgive me, I didn't read all the posts)...We here in CA passed a medical MJ law I think 10 years ago (?) and they're still busting the dispensaries and patients. Bottomline: the federal government still has MJ listed as a controlled substance (quantified as dangerous as heroin, if you can believe that!) and the federal government overrules state law. So it won't make any difference if you pass the medical MJ law in Illinois or any other state. We've got to get the federal law changed!