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Debate: Medical marijuana dispensaries
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*'''[[Argument: Medical marijuana dispensaries are professional institutions| Medical marijuana dispensaries are professional institutions]]''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/24pot.html Jesse McKinley. "Don’t Call It ‘Pot’ in This Circle; It’s a Profession." NYTimes. April 23, 2010]: "Like hip-hop, health food and snowboarding, marijuana is going corporate. As more and more states allow medical use of the drug, and California considers outright legalization, marijuana’s supporters are pushing hard to burnish the image of pot by franchising dispensaries and building brands; establishing consulting, lobbying and law firms; setting up trade shows and a seminar circuit; and constructing a range of other marijuana-related businesses." | *'''[[Argument: Medical marijuana dispensaries are professional institutions| Medical marijuana dispensaries are professional institutions]]''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/24pot.html Jesse McKinley. "Don’t Call It ‘Pot’ in This Circle; It’s a Profession." NYTimes. April 23, 2010]: "Like hip-hop, health food and snowboarding, marijuana is going corporate. As more and more states allow medical use of the drug, and California considers outright legalization, marijuana’s supporters are pushing hard to burnish the image of pot by franchising dispensaries and building brands; establishing consulting, lobbying and law firms; setting up trade shows and a seminar circuit; and constructing a range of other marijuana-related businesses." | ||
- | *'''Marijuana dispensaries should be regulated, but allowed.''' The answer to the many possible challenges faced by Marijuana dispensaries - including fraudulent prescriptions and crime outside of dispensaries - is regulation. The answer is not to ban dispensaries out right.[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35105327/ns/health-health_care/] | + | *'''[[Argument: Marijuana dispensaries should be regulated, but allowed| Marijuana dispensaries should be regulated, but allowed]]''' The answer to the many possible challenges faced by Marijuana dispensaries - including fraudulent prescriptions and crime outside of dispensaries - is regulation. The answer is not to ban dispensaries out right.[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35105327/ns/health-health_care/] |
*'''Marijuana is natural; dispensaries should be allowed.''' Cedaredge Town Council Trustee Nancy Sturgill said in 2009: "This [marijuana] is a very natural product, said Sturgill, and I don’t feel confident in denying Cedaredge residents access at this point.”[http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15774:cedaredge-delays-next-debate-on-pot-dispensaries&catid=36:sc&Itemid=346] | *'''Marijuana is natural; dispensaries should be allowed.''' Cedaredge Town Council Trustee Nancy Sturgill said in 2009: "This [marijuana] is a very natural product, said Sturgill, and I don’t feel confident in denying Cedaredge residents access at this point.”[http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15774:cedaredge-delays-next-debate-on-pot-dispensaries&catid=36:sc&Itemid=346] |
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Are medical marijuana dispensaries a good idea? |
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Economics: Are these dispensaries economical? | |
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