Quarter Ounce a Day When I saw that I thought "either that's really, really crappy weed, or he's getting really, really high."
Then I saw this line: "...the marijuana supplied by the government is of poor quality."
I imagine the average 17 year old stoner could, in about half an hour, score dope that would knock your socks off- but " Gummint" weed won't get a fly high. Figures.
Of course, the guy has serious medical problems, however ... One of the arguments against marijuana is that it's got more tar than cigarettes. The counter argument is that people might smoke 20 cigarettes a day, but only 1 or 2 joints a day -- so the heavy tar doesn't really add up to a huge amount. BUT crappy government weed makes the guy smoke (I'm guessing) 10 joints a day. They're killing this guy!! Alert the authorities!