essay sources

What's up guys, just lettin everyone know what I am thinking on my essay. The only idea I started with was that I wanted to write on Marijuana. My teacher last semester told me that it was a bad topic and I should change it. Now that I actually have learned things, I realize that it's definitely a topic that could be elaborated on. Now I've developed my paper's idea into an analysis of the effects legalization of marijuana would have on the pharmaceutical industry. I am not entirely sure on if that is the best route, but I have found many sources I think I could use. Here is one that I found:

Adverise health Effects of Non-medical cannabis use. by William Tormey.

In this paper Tormey analyzes another study that showed that non-medicinal use of marijuana can trigger a rare myocardial infarction. I understand that this is one viewpoint, but I feel obligated to respond to this by saying that there were definitely flaws to the experiment. One example is that there were 124 marijuana-smoking patients in the experiment. More than half of them were also cigarette smokers. Part of me wants to not use this source because it seems like a crappy experiment. I think it could be useful in leading into the possible risks and dangers importing marijuana into legal pharmaceuticals could impose.

Here's another source I found:

Dr. Kush (lol) by David Samuels

This is an article focused on the medical marijuana in California. It profiles the different growers and companies that promote the distribution. After reading this, I feel that I need to specify my research topic a little further. I think that will be easier after I read more sources for more ideas. This article is really good for my topic because it gives a glimpse of what legalizing medicinal marijuana would do for the country. I could use the states like California as an example of the flaws and benefits legal marijuana brings, specifically on pharmaceuticals.