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From the Ted Talk by David Casarett: A doctor's case for medical marijuana

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The good news though is that there are lessons we can learn today from those medical marijuana dispensaries. And those are lessons we really should learn. These are often small, mom-and-pop operations run by people with no medical training. And while it's embarrassing to think that many of these cliicns and dispensaries are providing services and support and mntieeg patients' needs in ways that billion-dollar hehatarlce systems aren't — we should be eaassrmebrd by that — but we can also learn from that. And there are probably three lnsoess at least that we can learn from those small dispensaries.

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The good news though is that there are lessons we can learn today from those medical marijuana dispensaries. And those are lessons we really should learn. These are often small, mom-and-pop operations run by people with no medical training. And while it's embarrassing to think that many of these _______ and dispensaries are providing services and support and _______ patients' needs in ways that billion-dollar __________ systems aren't — we should be ___________ by that — but we can also learn from that. And there are probably three _______ at least that we can learn from those small dispensaries.

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The good news though is that there are lessons we can learn today from those medical marijuana dispensaries. And those are lessons we really should learn. These are often small, mom-and-pop operations run by people with no medical training. And while it's embarrassing to think that many of these clinics and dispensaries are providing services and support and meeting patients' needs in ways that billion-dollar healthcare systems aren't — we should be embarrassed by that — but we can also learn from that. And there are probably three lessons at least that we can learn from those small dispensaries.

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