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Article: Outgoing California Governor Davis Signs Adjunct to Medical Marijuana Law.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- October 14, 2003
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By Ed Fletcher, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 14--Delivering mixed news, outgoing Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill fleshing out the state's medical marijuana law but vetoed a measure that would have let pharmacists sell syringes without prescriptions.
Both bills were carried by Sen. John Vasconcellos, D-Santa Clara, and were long sought after by some public health advocates.
"He defies analysis by me," Vasconcellos said about Davis, who acted on the legislation Sunday.
The state senator said he was "livid" that Davis did not sign the syringe bill but pleased that the governor "finally saw the ...