I am well aware of the effective use of medical marijuana for glaucoma and for cancer, and in those instances I mostly approve. I am also aware that the overwhelming majority of “medical” marijuana prescriptions are written for nonsense. I imagine the restrictions on its availability are because of the large number of druggies who refer each other to the easy physician who writes that prescription to anyone who pays.
I don’t know the right answer on this question, but I see both sides. My instincts are toward less government (meaning no restrictions on that drug), but I see far more people who are hurt by drugs, including marijuana, than I see helped by them.
“Why is Medical Marijuana Not Legal In Every State?”
Because it creates more problems than it is said to solve?
The states are known in civics class as “laboratories of democracy”. One or more states can undertake an unorthodox course of action while all the others can observe and judge the results.
Works here, IMO.
As a veteran who has to navigate pain management and urine/drug testing every 30-days, smoking weed for a few days or eating some brownies allow me to skip my pain med’s (Vicodin 7.5/325 mg). I also noticed that the once a month 3-4 day smoking allows me to be more creative and be pain free. The flip side is that if I got high every day I know it would not be effective, nor would I. One or two tokes once or even twice a day works for me - but the folks who smoke all the time would use more in a day than I do in a month (3-4 days every 30-days or so).
Freedom allows adults to hurt themselves by misusing all sorts of things: alcohol, power tools, cars, ... Either government is our nanny or it's the defender of our freedom.