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NPR coverage of medical marijuana in California

By Douglas A. Berman

Yesterday, NPR ran these two interesting segments discussing medical marijuana in California: Pot-Friendly California: Amsterdam In America? Pot Collective Sprouts In Retirement Community Here is how the first piece gets started:  More than a dozen years ago, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana for people with serious illnesses.  Many used it to relieve pain or other symptoms ? and that's still true.  But medical marijuana has now become a thriving business in California that serves a lot more than just sick people. In some parts of Los Angeles, medical marijuana is more common than McDonalds or Starbucks. Places where you can buy a Big Mac or a double tall mocha latte are outnumbered by pot stores, at least 2 to 1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 14, 2009 (boomark / email).