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First medical marijuana dispensary opens in Ariz.

By Brian Skoloff
Published December 7, 2012 1:17am ET
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First medical marijuana dispensary opens in Ariz.
Mike Gonzalez, the first customer at Arizona Organix, reacts for the media as he holds up his medical marijuana purchase at Arizona Organix, the first legal medical marijuana dispensary to open in Arizona, Thursday Dec. 6, 2012, in Glendale, Ariz. Several dozen waited outside for the Glendale dispensary to open, the first among 96 applicants chosen through a lottery system for 126 geographic areas across the state.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) | Ross D. Franklin

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Charles Everett says he’s been in chronic pain for eight years since being robbed and attacked in an assault that shattered his femur, requiring 11 titanium rods to put it back together.

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