Utah becomes latest state to legalize medical marijuana

SALT LAKE CITY -- Voters in conservative Utah have decided to join the growing number of states legalizing medical marijuana and expanding Medicaid to cover tens of thousands more low-income residents -- two issues that had long stalled out with conservative state lawmakers.Utah will be on the list of more than 30 states allowing patients legal access to medical marijuana after the plan maintained a vote lead in Friday tabulations. The measure will be revised, though, under a compromise that won