Rep. Carly Melin speaks at a press conference on Thursday, May 1, 2014, where House DFL backers of getting medical marijuana to critically ill children and adults announced that they had reached a compromise. The deal, announced by House Speaker Paul Thissen, Majority Leader Erin Murphy and Rep. Carly Melin, would create clinical trials of medical marijuana for the severely ill. If the medical researchers cannot obtain marijuana for the trial -- and they may not be able to because marijuana is a federally illegal substance -- the proposal would include "the option of a state-based manufacture of medication" for the trial. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune,Matt Gilmer)
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