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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