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California controversy comes to Missouri

February 18, 1997
By: Susan Batt
State Capital Bureau

The California marijuana controversy came to the Missouri legislature today. Susan Batt has the story.

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Tuesday afternoon Missouri representatives heard testimony in favor of making marijuana legal for medical purposes.

Sheila Dundon is a registered nurse in Columbia and works with cancer patients who smoke marijuana.

Actuality: Sheila Dundon
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OutCue: "...save patients lives."
Contents: She has seen marijuana save lives.

No one spoke before the House committee to oppose the bill.

Missouri's proposed measure is similar to the controversial California legislation opposed by the Clinton administration.

In Jefferson City, I'm Susan Batt