Debate: Medical marijuana dispensaries

Are medical marijuana dispensaries a good idea?

Background and context

Crime: Is crime outside of dispensaries manageable?

Pro

• Crime outside of dispensaries no different then outside banks. Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion joined the Maine Civil Liberties Union, said on June 17th of 2010: "Medical marijuana is a public health issue, it's not a law enforcement problem. The data from California suggests that the risk of crime outside a dispensary is no greater than what we'd experience at a bank. So I think we should just move forward and exercise the common sense that the voters have demonstrated in repeated votes on this measure."[1]

Con

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Economics: Are these dispensaries economical?

Pro

• Marijuana dispensaries will create jobs. Aaron Randle is tending to his new shop, Sunnyside Alternative Medicine: "There's a lot of jobs created because of medical marijuana. You have employees that work at the dispensaries, then you have vendors that are getting paid. ... Real estate is booming right now. Warehouses are getting rented out for grow operations."[2]

Con

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Pro/con sources

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See also

• Debate: Legalization of Marijuana
• Debate: Medical marijuana

External links and resources

• Jesse McKinley. "Don’t Call It ‘Pot’ in This Circle; It’s a Profession." NYTimes. April 23, 2010