State Regulation of Medical Pot a Precursor for Legalization?

An 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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Rusty Blazenhoff