In This Week's Phoenix: Marijuana Goes Mainstream

I've got a cover story in this week's Phoenix, due to hit the newsstands tomorrow, on the medical marijuana movement's liminal moment.

The arrival of compassion centers means medical pot is about to take a huge, transformative leap into the mainstream. And while most in the movement welcome the change - it should mean greater access to marijuana and no more skulking about for black-market weed - there is a touch of ambivalence about what will be lost: an underground, DIY culture that, in its best form, is quite generous and neighborly.

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