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410 ILCS 130/7 (2026)

Lawful user and lawful products

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(410 ILCS 130/7)
    Sec. 7. Lawful user and lawful products. For the purposes of this Act and to clarify the legislative findings on the lawful use of cannabis:
        (1) A cardholder under this Act shall not be
    
considered an unlawful user or addicted to narcotics solely as a result of his or her qualifying patient or designated caregiver status.
        (2) All medical cannabis products purchased by a
    
qualifying patient at a licensed dispensing organization shall be lawful products and a distinction shall be made between medical and non-medical uses of cannabis as a result of the qualifying patient's cardholder status, provisional registration for qualifying patient cardholder status, or participation in the Opioid Alternative Pilot Program under the authorized use granted under State law.
        (3) An individual with a provisional registration for
    
qualifying patient cardholder status, a qualifying patient in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program, or an Opioid Alternative Pilot Program participant under Section 62 shall not be considered an unlawful user or addicted to narcotics solely as a result of his or her application to or participation in the program.
(Source: P.A. 100-1114, eff. 8-28-18; 101-363, eff. 8-9-19.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2023 · leading case: People v. Rowell, 2021 IL App (4th) 180819 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
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People v. Rowell, 2021 IL App (4th) 180819 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 410 ILCS 130/7 (West 2016). Also in 2016, the State of Illinois decriminalized the possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis and defined possession of less than 10 grams as a “civil law violation.”
People v. Mallery, 2023 IL App (4th) 220528 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “’ 410 ILCS 130/7 (West 2016). Also in 2016, the State of Illinois decriminalized the possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis and defined possession of less than 10 grams as a ‘civil law violation.”
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