COMP USE MED CANNABIS-PERMITS

Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Provides that every person, association, trust, or corporation having any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a cultivation center operation shall certify that he or she has never owned nor operated a business,corporation, or other organization whose mission is or was to promote the sale or use of loose tobacco, or both, or the sale or use of plants, herbs, cigars, cigarettes, pipes, or other devices for burning tobacco and related smoking accessories, or any materials intended to be used unlawfully in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis, cocaine, hashish, hashish oil, or a synthetic drug product or misbranded drug in violation of the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act into the human body as defined in the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Provides that a permit to cultivate or dispense medical cannabis, or both, shall not be issued to any applicant unable to comply with this requirement. Effective immediately.