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Richmond, Melissa K., et al. "Frequency And Risk Of Marijuana Use Among Substance-Using Health Care Patients In Colorado With And Without Access To State Legalized Medical Marijuana." Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs 47.1 (2015): 1-9. Criminal Justice Abstracts. Web. 17 Mar. 2015.

The author's main point was to find out wether or not people with access to medical marijuana were more likely to abuse it. He also explored wether or not they were more likely to use other drugs which they were not, they were less likely. People with medical marijuana cards typically screen at moderate risk for Marijuana abuse as opposed to low or high.

This is a scholarly research paper as it was in a scholar journal and written by a scholar in her field. The author is a certified researcher, and it comes from a trusted journal. The researches used very valid methods of conducting their research. The conclusions drawn from this follow fluidly from the research done, no hasty conclusions were made.

This article is relevant to my paper because I wish to explore the effects medical and recreation marijuana has had on the people who it directly effects. This article talks about how medical marijuana patients are more likely to use marijuana than non patients. This information is the type of thing that sheds negative light on medical marijuana and will provide me with an simple negative effect.