MONMOUTH - A proposed medical marijuana growing facility near Roseville does not require the support of local officials, but a Warren County landowner looking to start up the business could still benefit from it.

Other cultivation center applications are expected within Illinois State Police District 14, but only one license may be granted by the state under the medical marijuana law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn in 2013.

The law - considered by some to be the most restrictive medicinal cannabis act in the nation - allows one growing location per district. ISP District 14 encompasses Warren, McDonough, Henderson, Fulton and Hancock counties.

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