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(11 Jun 2019) SCRIPT: (NATS) SCOTT DONNELLY BUYS MEDICAL MARIJUANA EVERY WEEK TO HELP WITH MUSCLE SPASMS FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.    SOUNDBITE (English), Scott Donnelly, medical marijuana patient "It helps relax that down to allow me to go to sleep."    (NATS) IT ALSO HELPS THAT HE LIVES NEAR A MEDICAL DISPENSARY … … WHICH HAVE BECOME MUCH HARDER TO FIND IN OREGON. WHEN THE STATE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA FOR ALL ADULTS, THE MEDICAL PROGRAM TOOK A BIG HIT. (NATS) THIS DISPENSARY IS ONE OF TWO LEFT IN THE STATE, DOWN FROM 400. THE NUMBERS OF MEDICAL CARDHOLDERS AND MEDICAL POT GROWERS HAVE ALSO PLUMMETED. SOUNDBITE (English), Roberto Gonzalez, Western Oregon Dispensary "Medical patients who were dealing with really chronic issues could come in and have higher dosages for cheaper. And that just went away." OREGON IS THE MOST EXTREME EXAMPLE OF A TREND PLAYING OUT NATIONWIDE. AN ASSOCIATED PRESS ANALYSIS FOUND THAT WHEN STATES LEGALIZE MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL MARIJUANA, MEDICAL PROGRAMS SHRINK.    (NATS) THE MARKET IS PLAYING A ROLE … SELLING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS MORE PROFITABLE THAN CATERING TO THE SICK. BROAD LEGALIZATION HAS ALSO BROUGHT MORE SCRUTINY AND REGULATION FOR THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY. SOUNDBITE (English), André Ourso, Oregon Health Authority, oversees Oregon's medical program "We had a highly unregulated medical marijuana program and when legalization was coming up and Measure 91 passed, now the agencies need to create rules and those rules apply to people who never really had rules before." THOSE NEW RULES AND FEES HAVE CAUSED MANY TO WALK AWAY … (NATS) … INCLUDING CYNDI MICHAEL. SHE QUIT GROWING WHEN THE COMBINED FEES HIT NEARLY $2,000 A YEAR. SOUNDBITE (English), Cyndi Michael, former medical grower "That was the greenhouse there." THEN SHE LOST HER BUSINESS SELLING SUPPLIES TO OTHER MEDICAL GROWERS. SOUNDBITE (English), Cyndi Michael, medical marijuana grower "Sales went way down on lighting and I ended up taking a big loss on a lot of lighting equipment when I closed the business because I still had tens of thousands of dollars of equipment."    THE 28-THOUSAND MEDICAL CARD HOLDERS REMAINING IN OREGON CAN BUY CANNABIS AT RECREATIONAL STORES TAX-FREE. BUT COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS ARE LESS POTENT AND PATIENTS HAVE TO BUY MORE TO GET THE SAME DOSAGE. UPSOUND (English), "My puppers!" BILL BLAZINA, A TWO-TIME CANCER SURVIVOR, LEARNED HOW TO EXTRACT HIS OWN T-H-C OIL. SOUNDBITE (English), Bill Blazina, medical marijuana patient "It's very expensive. You've got to be able to afford it somehow or grow your own – which is what we do." (NATS) AS MORE PATIENTS TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS … … LAWMAKERS FORMING A COMMISSION TO MAKE THE PROGRAM RELEVANT AGAIN.    UPSOUND (English), "It's sweet, it's full of crystals …" AND PATIENTS LIKE DONNELLY … (NATS) … CAN ONLY HOPE THEIR SUPPLY LASTS. (NATS) GILLIAN FLACCUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, OREGON Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...