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Evidence that medical marijuana outlets sell to other users 02/12/2018 Public Health, dispensaries

“Pharmacies attract people who live in the neighborhood or maybe work nearby. If you need a prescription, you’re not going to go across town to fill it – you’re going to go to the pharmacy closest to where you live. That’s what we should be seeing with medical marijuana dispensaries.”
Instead, these dispensaries are acting more like bars, which develop niche markets like sports bars or biker bars, she said.
“From a public health standpoint, it is concerning. While there has been speculation that medical dispensaries target recreational users, now we are starting to collect evidence that suggests this is true,” she said.
Carol Falkowski: Marijuana and adolescents: Caution 03/05/2017 Public Health, Brain, Long-term, short-term, Falkowski

Everyone should be concerned:  Voters, not medical practitioners or scientists, have been able to determine medical practice.
Beneath it all, however, we must pause to seriously consider the known, detrimental effects of repeated marijuana use on the developing adolescent brain.  We must act accordingly and responsibly in ways that promote the public health and safety, help delay initiation of use, and reduce, not increase, the accessibility of marijuana to this particularly vulnerable population.
E-Cigarette Regulations 01/01/2017 Public Health, policy, e-cig
Public Health Policy- Hookah 03/06/2013 Public Health, Hookah, policy, 2017 Legislation

2013 University of Maryland summary of Hookah legislation by state.
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