Madison County regional schools Superintendent Bob Daiber said he would be willing to approve a law legalizing the drug "but I want a referendum that says the people passed it." Daiber joked that he was worried about lobbyists going to Springfield with pot-laced gummy bears to convince lawmakers to approve a legalization measure. Businessman Alex Paterakis argued that the drug had already been studied plenty and that "if it was so bad for people we wouldn't even have medical marijuana." Paterakis suggested that as an agriculture state, Illinois could benefit from joining the pot market.