United States: Year in Review - 2008 a Huge Year for Marijuana Reform
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In this annual season of year-end reviews, marijuana policy reformers are counting 2008 as one of their most successful years ever. 2008 saw major progress on legal reforms plus a raft of new data that validated reformers' critiques of current marijuana laws.
Among the changes are marijuana decriminalization Massachusetts, the addition of Michigan as the nation's 13th medical marijuana state, and new research verifying that marijuana helps with pain relief.
Source: http://salem-news.com/articles/december162008/marijuana_success_12-16-08...
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