The Illinois General Assembly amended the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Licensed clinical social workers and licensed social workers may now possess and administer opioid antagonist drugs, so long as the possession and administration of such drugs is within their professional capacity.
The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) amended the Schedule of Controlled Substances, adding the synthetic opioid U-47700 to the list of controlled substances.
Public Act 099-0697 greatly reduced the stakes for marijuana possession. But is using pot really a civil law violation? If so, how does that affect the process due a defendant under the law?