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Medical Marijuana

From Reefer Madnessto Reefer Medicine

By Rosemary Rogers, Columnist
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by 1 Comment

Offices of Columbia Care Dispensary.

The highs, lows, benefits, and downfalls of legalizing marijuana. ℘℘℘ The archeologists who discovered the bones of a man in China’s Gobi Desert determined his age at over 2700 years and noted he was buried alongside 28 ounces of marijuana. Thanks to dry desert conditions, the pot, unlike the man, was well-preserved and scientists speculated the stash may have been a … [Read more...] about From Reefer Madnessto Reefer Medicine

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