First the fruit buzz, now the candy high

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As a kid, I remember riding my bike to the candy store with my best friend, armed with a pocketful of change, to buy Jolly Ranchers, Tootsie Rolls and bubble gum. It seems that simple pleasure has been tainted, now that marijuana-flavored lollipops are being sold at convenience stores across the country. The pot-flavored pops, with names like Purple Haze and Rasta (the image shown here is from the Mary Jane Candy Co.), are getting some folks angry.

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