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Medical marijuana was (1) ……….………………. under state law by California voters in 1996, and since then 11 other states have followed, even though (2) …………………. law still bans the sale of any marijuana. But some (3) ……………………….. residents and law enforcement officials say the California law has increasingly and (4) ………………………. provided legal cover for large-scale marijuana growers  and the problems such as big-money operations can attract. “It’s  clear shield for commercial operations,” said Mike Sweeney, 60, a (5) …………………… of both medical marijuana and a local ballot measure on June 3 that called for new limits on  drug in Mendocino and we don’t want those here. The outcome of  ballot measure is not known, as votes are still being counted, but such community push-back is increasingly common across the state, even in the most (6) ………………………… communities. In recent years, dozens of local governments have (7) ………………………. or restricted cannabis clubs, more formally known as (8) ……………………………., that provide medical marijuana to patients, in the face of public safety issues involved in its sale and cultivation, including crime and the environmental damage.

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