The pilot program currently has about 6,000 patients, not close to what advocates were hoping for at this point.  They say there are number of reasons behind that - including the application process, and the state's failure to expand the list of qualifying conditions.  Without legislative action, it will expire in January 2018. 

Oak Park-based PharmaCann will operate two cultivation sites and three dispensaries.  A site for growing its first crops in Livingston County could start operations as soon as mid-August after going through state inspection last week.