Table 2.

Category and codes

Category	Experience with Medical Cannabis
Codes	Society	Family and Friends	Personal experience	Medical (Health) Professionals
Subcodes
POSITIVE	-Better than before	-Support -Acceptance	-Power of the Cannabis -Quality of life	-to be lucky -Understanding
NEGATIVE	-Discrimination -Prejudice/Judgment -Ignorance -Stereotype -Isolation -Negative picture in media	-Contact loss -Changed relationships	-Self-stigma -Experience with police	-Disparity -Lack of knowledge - Exclusion (we don´t want to deal with it) -Prejudice
NEUTRAL / IN BETWEEN		-Accepted, but not 100% OK -Not everyone needs to know	-Not a Cannabis Fan, but it helps me -Health insurance and bureaucracy	-Unexperienced, but ready to help