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PBS NewsHour | 'Clearing the Smoke': The Benefits, Limits of Medical Marijuana | PBS

Duration: 10:07
Program: PBS NewsHour #10138
Broadcast Date: Aug. 23, 2011

Sixteen states have passed laws that allow patients to use medical marijuana to treat side effects of various illnesses, but now some are moving to either limit or repeal those laws. Anna Rau of Montana PBS reports.

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Post Date: August 23, 2011