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    Medical Marijuana

    Four thousand pot plants at a mansion in Beverly Hills. Will they provide a test case for California's medical marijuana law? Supporters of the law are divided on whether it was intended to legalize Todd McCormick's behavior.

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 19, 1997 • 1 min read

    Todd McCormick: Cancer patient, recently busted for growing over 400 plants in his Bel-Air home. Scott Imler: Director, Los Angeles Cannabis Buyers Club. Co-Author of Prop 215. Dean Laurie Levenson: Dean of Loyola Marymount Law School, Professor of Criminal law. Former assistant US Attorney. Daniel Abrahamson: Legal Affairs director, Linda Smith Center, a drug research and reform center with offices in New York and San Francisco. Larry Brown Larry Brown: Executive Director, California District Attorney's Association. Former deputy district attorney for Ventura County. Dr. Jane Marmor: Oncologist, Chair of California Medical Association's Technical Advisory Committee on medical marijuana.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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