AP analysis: Broad legalization cuts into medical marijuana

Gillian Flaccus and Angeliki Kastanis | The Associated PressPortland, Ore. • When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according to a data analysis by The Associated Press.Much of the decline comes from consumers who, ill or not, got medical cards in their states because it was the only way to buy marijuana legally and then discarded them when broader le