Marijuana News Update: Marijuana Will Soon be Decriminalized

Medical and recreational marijuana is now being looked upon as several states have already approved its legalization. Gov. Bruce Rauner is open to making changes in terms of decriminalizing marijuana.

The bill got a 64-50 vote in terms of having marijuana decriminalized. They did, however, emphasize that only small amounts of marijuana should be considered for the decriminalization. Only 10 grams of marijuana is being considered for the decriminalization.

Chicago Sun Times mentioned that the individual that will be caught carrying more than 15 grams of marijuana should be charged around $55 to $125. The THC level of the individual's blood content is being looked upon as well. It was suggested that only 5 nanograms of THC should be present in the individual's blood.

As marijuana is slowly making its way into legalization, several health care professionals and even parents would opt of medical marijuana. Just last week, a school district in Colorado made it to the headlines as they allowed medical marijuana consumption in their school campus.

Children who are taking medical marijuana are now allowed to take their medication during school hours. Colorado school board of Colorado decided to take the new medical marijuana policy into consideration.

As most parents in Colorado opted to switch to medical marijuana the demand for it to be accessible was heard. The District 49 Board of Education in Peyton, Colorado made a unanimous decision by allowing medical marijuana use on campus according to Independent.

The policy was named after a 16-year-old Jackson "Jax" Stromes. The "Jax's Policy" started after Jax was suspended from school after he was caught with a medical marijuana medication on his backpack. He's been using medical marijuana for his Juvenile Parkinson's and Dravet Syndrome which is a rare form of epilepsy.

According to Jax's mother, Jennie Stormes her son positively responded with the medical marijuana. After shifting to medical marijuana, Jax's ongoing struggle in balancing his medical marijuana consumption in between school hours is also felt by almost 40 students within the school's district.