The problem is that LEGITIMTE medical research does NOT bear this out ... as I said, anything to promote dope and more dopes.
I think you have been asked -- so what? Can you imagine the effect if they were to declare the WOD over? Overnight, the cartels would collapse, crime would reduce at least 50%, and no one's life would be any the worse.
Arresting someone for smoking a little doob' in the privacy of their own home has got to be the worst possible use of public funds.
Do you have proof that the research will not bear it out for this application? The article seems to indicate that the research is not yet complete.
Or are you generalizing based on previous, unrelated studies for different applications?
I don't get how there's "no medical purpose" for marijuana, but there IS for drugs like oxycontin, valium, etc.
This is a pretty little Catch-22. First the government refuses all requests for permission to conduct valid medical studies of medicinal cannabis. The good doctor, whatever else his motives, is not likely to risk his livelihood to a possession bust, so no research is conducted at that level in this country. This allows chowderheads such as yourself to bray about "no legitinate medical research".
If there is a God, you will have the pleasure of losing half your body weight while on chemotherapy because "legitimate medical research" hasn't been able to prove what any teenage pot-head knows; marijuana gives you the munchies.
How do you determine legitimate medical research from illegitimate medical research?