Rauner should turn 'Turnaround' Agenda into 'Turn On' Agneda

The Illinois Medical Marijuana Advisory Board again blasted Gov. Bruce Rauner for his heartlessness in refusing to add their 12 recommendations for medical marijuana use to the Illinois Medical Marijuana program. Seven of those conditions involve pain: chronic pain syndrome, trauma induced chronic pain, intractable pain, chronic post operative pain, migraine, IBS and diabetes. Farah Zala Morales, who works at a medical marijuana dispensary, told the Board her 12-year-old daughter, who suffers from Type 1 diabetes, has used marijuana to reduce her need for painful injections as well as stabilize her blood sugar. Unlike Rauner, who is an amateur at governing Illinois, the Illinois Medical Marijuana Advisory Board is composed of professionals, doctors and nurses, as well as patients sentenced to continued suffering under Rauner's restrictions. If they really wanted to make a point, the Board should have added an eighth pain recommendation: Rauner turnaround pain syndrome.