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Hearing Brings Anger Over Utah Medical Marijuana Compromise Bill

Lawmakers and other supporters of the bill said the compromise was necessary to fix issues with Prop. 2.

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4News) - Several supporters and some opponents of Proposition 2 were at the Utah State Capitol to speak out against a compromise bill on medical marijuana. Lawmakers and other supporters of the bill said the compromise was necessary to fix issues with Prop. 2, but others said they were going around voters and gutting the issue.

Speaker of the House Greg Hughes (R-Draper) said Prop. 2 had items in place that were meant to force the state to act such as letting people grow their own marijuana if they didn't live within 100 miles of a dispensary. 

"That was really meant, if I understand it correctly, as an incentive for the state really did not contemplate that everyone would start growing their own," said Speaker Hughes.

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