When it hit the streets here last week, the latest issue of ReLeaf, a pullout supplement to The Colorado Springs Independent devoted to medical marijuana, landed with a satisfying thud.

Forty-eight pages in all, it was stuffed with advertisements for businesses with names like Mile High Mike’s, Happy Buddah and the Healthy Connections (which enticed potential customers with promises of “naughty nurses” to tend to patients’ needs).

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In the debate on legalizing marijuana, which Californians will vote on in November in the form of Proposition 19, the health risks of marijuana are often overlooked.

Legalizing marijuana will almost certainly lead to a decrease in its price and an increase in its use, according to a recent Rand Corp. study. And because no drug or medicine is without side effects, increased marijuana use will mean increased health risks.

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Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Narcotics Detectives said they have busted two marijuana grows Monday, worth an estimated street value of $8.7 million.

Detectives said the eradication began early Monday morning and lasted through the day into the evening hours. One of the grows was located off Tepusquet Road near Colson Canyon. The other was located off San Marcos Pass near Kinevan Road.

Detectives said they found more than 570 plants and 100 pounds of processed marijuana in the North County bust. They estimate that to value about $6 million. The plants were described as "unusually large and very carefully maintained" by some of the veteran Narcotics Detectives.

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