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For some, medical marijuana is OK, just not in their back yard

(AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

It will be a year and a half before marijuana becomes available in New York, after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law last weekend allowing a limited use of the drug for certain diseases. In Connecticut, a new industry is taking shape as the state’s medical marijuana program nears its launch. Six dispensaries have been licensed to open around Connecticut.   In Fairfield County, one of these dispensaries has run into some unusually strong resistance.

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