[robertpaulsen]

"It's not a hoax, it's just abused by some people who are trying to legalize it."

And just how do they "abuse" it? Well, they they take part in a scheme whereby they find a willing doctor who will write a recommendation so they can go to some medical marijuana co-op to purchase marijuana for some made up malady, like "pain".

You call it abuse. I call that a hoax -- "deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage".

"The US Government supplies medical marijuana to a handfull of patients, btw."

Ah. Damned if they do, damned if they don't, huh?

[Know your rights]

they they take part in a scheme whereby they find a willing doctor who will write a recommendation so they can go to some medical marijuana co-op to purchase marijuana for some made up malady, like "pain".

You call it abuse. I call that a hoax

A very similar sort of thing happens with Oxycontin; would it therefore be accurate to say, "medical Oxycontin is a hoax"?

[adam_az]

"You call it abuse. I call that a hoax -- "deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage"."

That's like saying "medical morphine is a hoax," because some people abuse it.

Note the use of the quantifier, SOME.