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State Regulation of Medical Pot a Precursor for Legalization?
An unlikely combination of interest groups, including California's police chiefs, may support new state regulations on medical marijuana.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenAn unlikely combination of interest groups may support new state regulations on medical marijuana. California's police chiefs want enforcement now. Advocates of legalizing pot for recreational use see a path to the future. We hear where they're prepared to agree and disagree about farmers, dispensaries and doctors. Also, new health warnings about the Exide lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon. Are state and county officials taking seriously the fears of the local community?
Later on To the Point, at least 60,000 children from Central America are expected to be stopped at the US border this year — alone as well as illegal. We hear why they leave home, what terrors they encounter along the way, and their continuing struggles in this country.
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2 storiesHigh Lead Levels Found in Soil near Exide Battery Plant
Exide Technologies is one of just two lead-acid battery smelters west of the Rockies, recycling as many as 25,000 batteries every day. Nearby residents have been worried about health effects from arsenic emissions.
Read the story6 minWill California Finally Regulate Medical Marijuana?
"Law and order may soon be coming to the Wild West of weed." That's according the Associated Press — 18 years after California voters approved medical marijuana , leaving oversight up to dozens of cities and local communities.
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