He also says that before he opened his store, he did a lot of research into how other medical marijuana businesses operate.

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Lou Marchetti, local business agent for the Teamsters, says he never thought he would organize medical marijuana providers.

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"Some we cannot rule out are the constant discussions of so-called medical marijuana, marijuana legalization, and the downplaying of marijuana harms so prevalent in today's media."

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The Assembly where support the measure is broad passed a medical marijuana bill in 2007 and 2008, both times with wide margins of support.

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The expansion of medical marijuana among the states is still legally opposed by the federal government, which can and has shut down any dispensary at any time.

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Voters in Arkansas rejected a similar measure, while voters in Montana, where medical marijuana is already legal, approved a measure keeping more stringent restrictions in place.

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