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Green Anne receptionist and bud tender, Kate Kinkle, (left) and general manager Phoebe Bizzell, (right) show two of the dispensary’s marijuana clones.

Reminiscent of the original pioneer women who settled the valley outside Mad River, California during the Gold Rush, Tawny Boutin is down-to-earth, simple, all-seeing and wise. She grew up literally down the lane from where she lives now. Her childlike qualities include a deep seeded fear that her husband won’t come back from a drug run or that the...

Maria Castro, a patient services representative at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, waits for customers, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in Seattle. Washington state is on the verge of becoming the first in the nation to let adults over 21 buy taxed, inspected marijuana at state licensed shops. Supporters of Initiative 502 say allowing recreational pot sales...

Ashley Szekely, 28, separates Sweet Afgoo marijuana into one and four gram bags Saturday, December 8, 2012, at the Northwest Patient Resource Center in Seattle, Washington. Szekely is a medical marijuana patient who pursued a job at the NWPRC "to be a part of history" in light of the recent passage of I-502.

Israel's medical marijuana industry is thriving and the Israeli government is funding break through research on the healing potential of the cannabis plant. Mimi Peleg's job is to teach people how to use pot. How long to inhale smoke or vapor, how to administer sublingual drops or how to ration out a pot cookie. Mimi Peleg is director of...