[longtermmemmory]

there ARE pills!

it is just the pot heads trying to create an excuse to use pot recreationally.

there is no need to smoke it instead of a less cancerous pill form.

[gdani]

there is no need to smoke it instead of a less cancerous pill form.

Sure there is. If you smoke it, you can control the dosage.

There are plenty of complaints from medical marijuana patients who have taken Marinol stating it leaves them barely able to function and hold a conversation.

[Smokin' Joe]

A friend who had been prescribed the pill form of THC during chemo for non-Hodgkins Lymphoma said the pills (then only 4 per day at $5.00 per pill) did not work as well as the plant as an antinauseant. Back then (mid-'80s), he could also get the plant cheaper. Cheaper and better were reasons enough for him to risk getting in trouble, partly because he could not work. IIRC there are other substances in the unadulterated plant which are not in the pill.

Speaking of unadulterated, how much of the crime is due to pot that has been laced with 'angel dust' (PCP) or other chemicals?

The LEOs I know said that was more of a problem insofar as violent crime went because all the people smoking homegrown were pretty mellow, even when they got busted.