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But take MS – another “good” reason to promote medical marijuana, cheerleaders insist. “It’s miraculous!” But are their positions based on facts, or feelings? Almost no peer-reviewed research has explored how the “natural drug” affects the patient’s mind. Or as Doctor Anthony Feinstein, a psychiatrist at the University of Toronto acknowledges, “There are just no data on the topic.” And, are medical marijuana activists planting false hopes? The Canadian’s study suggests the vulnerable should think twice. “In multiple sclerosis, you already have a group of patients who are cognitively impaired,” explains Feinstein. “When you add marijuana to the mix, you might worsen those problems.”

This is laughable because they're worried about cognitive problems from marijuana, but the mainstays of spasticity meds for MS are Baclofen and/or Zanaflex. Both put the patient in a stupor, and you can literally sleep your day away if you take a therapeutic dose high enough to help with the spasticity.

And my question would be: Why haven't studies been done? Because there's no money in it for the pharmaceuticals.

So two wrongs make a right? More crazy drug use is the answer? Right. I don’t agree with your false comparisons, or the “principle” behind this argument.

But if the “Medical Marijuana” lobby is so ethical then they should lead by ethical example. Just admit it: they’ve lied and been caught out.