What happens to medical marijuana if recreational use becomes legal in California?

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As she battles symptoms of lupus and depression, Alexandra Rice says she depends on easy access to medical marijuana to control widespread pain and to improve her mood.

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The 21-year-old resident of Grand Terrace, near Riverside, has pictures of cannabis flowers on her Twitter profile and friends whose livelihoods depend on the pot industry. She's also an unlikely opponent of a November ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana for all adults in California.


"If it is legalized, more people who don't respect it and just want to get high are going to take advantage of that," Rice said. "And people who genuinely need it as medicine will be misplaced and thrown to the side."

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