First patients get medical marijuana in Minnesota

Minnesota’s first medical marijuana patients stepped out of clinics in Minneapolis and Eagan on Wednesday, holding hope in a bottle.

“I’m hoping for quite a bit of relief,” said Tyler Lafferty, 20, of Coon Rapids, who has a full-time job, a 2-year-old at home — and debilitating pain and nausea from chemotherapy treatments for the lymphoma he’s been battling for the past two years.

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