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The city of Berkeley will require medical marijuana dispensaries to give away two percent of the amount of cannabis they sell each year free to low-income patients. The City Council voted unanimously at Tuesday’s meeting to amend the city’s medical pot rules, which would also allow for a fourth dispensary in Berkeley. Under the proposal, at least two percent of all medical weed dispensed at a club would have to be provided at no cost to very low-income members — and it must be the same quality that’s dispensed to regular paying customers.

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Michigan Gov. Urges Healing After Riots By JAMES PRICHARD The Associated Press Thursday, June 19, 2003; 10:15 PM BENTON HARBOR, Mich. - Gov. Jennifer Granholm urged healing and reconciliation Thursday after surveying the damage from two nights of rioting and meeting with leaders in this city plagued by poverty and racial tensions. "The state must wrap its arms around this community," Granholm said. "It should never have to take violence to have elected officials pay attention, but we are paying attention and we are moving forward." Hundreds rioted in Benton Harbor on Monday and Tuesday nights after the death of...