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In Colorado, the debate about the positive attributes of medical marijuana has been going on for years -- but it's relatively new in Arizona, home to our sister paper, the Phoenix New Times, which just published the Ray Stern feature "Marijuana is real medicine for a long list of ills." Despite its headline, the article isn't a mere pot-is-a-miracle-drug puff piece. Stern includes positives and negatives in his piece, which features at least one well-known member of the Colorado MMJ scene, Dr. Bob Melamede. To read it, click here.
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