People often diminish the importance of pharmacists when they get medication every month.
Typically your doctor gives you recommendations and then prescribes you medication that your pharmacist dispenses for you.
Sometimes the only interaction patients get with their pharmacist is the same they do with any other cashier at the store. But pharmacists have important roles in catching potentially fatal errors made by doctors prescribing certain medications to patients that take an assortment of other drugs. I was once prescribed a drug that led to heart problems when combined with a different drug I had been taking for years at that point. Because the two drugs were prescribed by two different doctors, the second doctor failed to catch the interaction when making the slip for the pharmacist. I’m relieved that I have a good pharmacist who is always looking out for his customers. Even though marijuana strain combinations would never be lethal, the people selling cannabis still play a huge role in making sure customers get the effects from the plant that they need. Some strains will exacerbate a person’s anxiety levels, keep them awake at night, or make them too tired during the morning and afternoon hours. That’s why the budtenders at the cannabis dispensaries are so important and why they need to be knowledgeable to properly help medical marijuana patients. As patients, we need repeated effects of certain strains to treat long term health problems. If I need a strain that promotes pain relief, I need to make sure that my money is being spent on something that guarantees those effects.