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A worker weighs medicinal marijuana at the Alternative Herbal Health Services cannabis dispensary in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Should Minnesota legalize medical marijuana?
Broadcast: Midday, 03/08/2007, 11:06 a.m.
Eleven other states already allow marijuana for medical uses, and the Minnesota Legislature has debated it in years past. But this year it looks like a bill may actually pass.
Guests
Steve Sviggum: Minnesota state representative, R-Kenyon. Sviggum, a former speaker of the House, is a co-author of the medical marijuana bill.
James Backstrom: Dakota County Attorney. Backstrom opposes legalizing marijuana for medical purposes.
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- Should Minnesota legalize medical marijuana? (program audio)
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More from MPR
- Smoking at the Capitol (02/12/2007)
- North Dakota challenges federal ban on hemp (01/01/2007)
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