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Hope, anger and confusion in Minnesota as medical marijuana launch nears

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 06/29/2015 - 08:45

On Wednesday, Minnesota steps into the strange new world of the marijuana business.

Never mind that the federal government says marijuana is as dangerous as heroin, putting both in the Schedule 1 category of controlled substances. Starting Wednesday, pot pills will go on sale as medical marijuana.

“I must say this is really very odd. We are talking about a Schedule 1 drug,” said Beth Hundley of Golden Valley, who will be buying the marijuana for her epileptic 3-year-old daughter.

The little pills contain more uncertainty than any medicine has before it.

They can’t be made by big companies, which won’t touch an illegal drug — so Minnesota has licensed two home-grown startups to do it.

They are not covered by health insurance. Doctors won’t prescribe them, and pharmacies can’t sell them — so they require their own separate stores.

They even have...

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