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Mike Berwert displays a joint.

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Can't See the Forest for the Weed

Marijuana's lingering illicitness frustrates the chronically ill who say it's more effective than their prescribed meds

Da herb. Bette Hulser couldn't stand it, wouldn't tolerate it and was estranged from her son because he smoked it. Things began to change in 1991. That was when her son, Mike Mallonee, fell again, this time into a scalding vat of beans at Giorgio's in Topeka, where he worked as a chef.

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