As Utah considers medicinal marijuana, and as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints comes out in opposition to one bill, I see the issue of dispensing the product is something I need to get up to speed on.
I wonder of the states that do have medicinal marijuana, how many dispense it through the normal route of pharmacies. I imagine it is considered a herb, and would be considered over-the-counter if not for it being illegal. Do the states that have it, have dispensaries just for marijuana? Why? In California, if I understand correctly, dispensaries usually do not offer traditional prescription drugs. In Connecticut, there are only about a half dozen dispensaries, so I assume that state, also, does not allow every pharmacy to dispense it. Why not? Why not simply say, you need a doctor's prescription, and the doctor can only prescribe it when you have a medical need, and then dispense it through all pharmacies, but not through any stand-alone, just-marijuana-for-sale dispensaries?
The question then becomes who supplies it to the dispensaries, since it is illegal to grow it. The growers and suppliers, I can see, would need to be controlled. If not, many of those raising marijuana would surely sell to recreational customers in addition to the pharmacies.
(Note: Some small additions made to blog Feb. 12, 2016.)
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