When I attended college around 2010, Many of us assumed that it would be decades before we saw marijuana legal in as many states as it is today. We were discreetly using our smoking equipment out of sight from school officials and campus police. Although we were all great students, it was frustrating feeling like a criminal whenever I drove back to campus from my dealer’s house. Even if we could buy it from another student in the residence halls, we were paranoid about getting caught smoking in our rooms and effectively being expelled from school as a result. Thankfully neither I, nor anyone I knew personally, ever got in trouble for marijuana use or possession; although, alcohol was a serious problem and still is at our alma mater. To my utter surprise, rules on cannabis use have changed greatly in my state. Now you can obtain medical marijuana from 25 different dispensary companies that operate stores around the state. And because the cannabis program isn’t taxed like recreational cannabis in places like California and Michigan, my medical marijuana flower is much cheaper than much of the recreational variants. I can usually get a marijuana flower jar with 3.5 grams of flower buds inside for somewhere between $25 and $40 if I’m smart about where and when I shop. These dispensaries are often running ridiculous sales so they can compete head to head in this market. Although I spend money through the roof to keep me in the medical marijuana program, at least my medicine is cheaper. That’s a big benefit when some people are spending $65 in some states for the same size jar of marijuana flower buds.