Because of its purported medicinal value (Clark, 2000; Kramer, 2015; Lynch & Ware, 2015; Watson, Benson, & Joy, 2000), both the nationwide and worldwide popularity of legalizing cannabis for medical purposes has reached epic proportions. A 2010 Gallup poll found that approximately 70% of Americans are in favor of allowing doctors to prescribe cannabis to mitigate pain (Mendes, 2010), whereas a survey of 1446 physicians from 72 countries revealed that 76% of the physicians supported the use of cannabis for medical purposes (Adler & Colbert, 2013). Twenty states in the U.S. since 1999 and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of