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Concerns Raised About Medical Marijuana's Impact on Comp Costs
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Frank Neuhauser Dec 28, 2018 a 4:12 pm PST
Hmmmm. How come we never had “medical” bourbon? Oh, right, we did during prohibition. I suspect most medical uses will disappear when pseudo-legalization through medical justification is no longer driving the research.