Table 1.

Description of organizing themes.

Organizing theme	Description
Legislation	The story focuses on the legislative proceedings regarding marijuana use. This theme highlights the conflicts between the governor and state legislature.
Law enforcement	The story focuses on law enforcement, operating procedures, regulations, controls, or actions about marijuana use. Also, this theme includes marijuana-related lawsuits or trials.
Youth drug use	The story focuses on the marijuana use of teenagers.
Economy	The story presents marijuana legalization focused on tax and economic effects such as new employments and revitalizing regional economies.
Patients	The story highlights patients' story about marijuana use. This theme mainly involves compassion or plight of patients and their family.
Medical effects	The story focuses on the debates with regard to medical effects or benefits of marijuana. Also, the story focuses on scientific research. Mostly this frame reports medical marijuana research.