Widow Who Pushed for Medical Marijuana Law Not Allowed to Use It
Marijuana was illegal in Illinois, so she always knew the day might come. Still, when police stormed her North Side apartment a year ago, Michelle DiGiacomo was unprepared. “I was about to experience the worst 28 hours of my life,” says the 53-year-old who runs DirectEffect Charities, a Chicago nonprofit serving needy Chicago Public Schools kids. “We had discussed this possibility in the past; one I had hoped would never come to be.” For the past five years, the widowed [...]