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Marijuana Helps Ease Budget Cuts

By Andrea Chalfin

· Aug. 24, 2010, 7:32 am

The growth in the number of medical marijuana users is helping the state bridge the latest budget shortfall. Governor Bill Ritter announced details of his plan to fill a 60 million dollar gap yesterday. As Bente Birkeland reports, it includes cuts, transfers and using new streams of money.

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