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use medical marijuana while she is at school. This decision could herald a change in state law, which currently prohibits anyone from using or administering cannabis on school property. The ruling was made in the case of 6th-grade student Ashley Surin, whose parents filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Illinois and Schaumberg School District 54, arguing that preventing her from using medical cannabis at school is a violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
At a hearing on the court case, school district officials testified that they were afraid that their employees could face prosecution if they administered cannabis on school grounds. Html”> the Chicago Tribune reports. Judge John Robert Blakey ruled in favor of allowing Surin to use her medicine while at school, making her the only student in the state who is currently legally able to do so.
