Pat Quinn left the Illinois governor’s office Monday without awarding medical marijuana business licenses, prompting criticism of the delay in getting the drug to patients.
“I was crushed,” said Jim Champion, an Army veteran with multiple sclerosis who was named to the governor’s medical cannabis advisory board. “He just left the sick and the dying hanging.”
The Illinois Cannabis Industry Association, a trade group, also expressed disappointment, as did state Rep. Lou Lang, the Skokie Democrat who sponsored the legislation.
“The people suffering from cancer (and) epilepsy will be further victimized by the governor's failure to do his job,” Lang said.
