House Bill 4799 was introduced this year to make recreational growing in Illinois legal. I’d really love for this to happen as I don’t want to have to buy a medical card for $300 just to grow. Right now I’m basically running the cost benefit analysis of if I get caught, it’s just a civil infraction with a $200 fine. Since that’s still cheaper than buying from a dispensary, it’s worth it.
I’d rather they stop catering to the big businesses and just let people grow a legal plant.
A little frustrated that the bill has been sitting around for a couple months now just waiting for the Rules Committee to push it forward. Unfortunately, no scheduled hearings for the Rules Committee anytime soon.
Hoping that we Illinoisans get this passed so that we can grow freely in the Land of Lincoln.