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Nothing new. The dopers have been trying to smuggle their shit into the medical field since LSD in the 60's. It didn't work then and it won't work now, although they may get their way with pot.

I’m trying to figure out why people drink beer that is 98% water, and coffee that is caffeine free.

Yes, just because some natural chemical is preferred by dopers means it has no medical value, EVER.

Some people balk at medical pot products and say “what's next, medical meth?”

Well, prescription methamphetamine has been available for decades to “ADD/ADHD” patients. It can even be legally prescribed to children.

That's right, pure methamphetamine can be prescribed to kids for something we are not even sure is a disease. Brand name “Desoxyn”.

Synthetic heroin is prescribed to people all the time. Even for minor injuries. Some are stronger and more addictive than natural heroin.

So if super addictive/debilitating methamphetamine and heroin can be prescribed if someone says it helps them why not pot? Well, there's no money in plants people can grow at home but there's plenty of money in addictive expensive pills. Especially when most of those expensive pills are paid for by the taxpayer.

Want to see the real dopers sitting on welfare and popping pills on your dime? Work as a pharmacy delivery person for just one day. I say let the dopers grow their own instead of getting us to pay for their pills.

The WOD is simply another way to scam taxpayers and take freedoms away.

I do find it interesting that marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug that is “extremely addictive” and/or “dangerous” and “not safe to use even under the supervision of a doctor”, but it's regularly referred to as a “gateway drug” to more serious drugs like cocaine which can be prescribed as a Schedule 2 drug.
In TX, as in most states, small quantities of marijuana in a persons possession is a misdemeanor. But there are numerous Schedule 2 drugs that possession of even less than a gram is a felony.
So the more dangerous one is the gateway drug to the less dangerous drug which may be prescribed.

Also, as a defense attorney (former prosecutor), I now understand why the government sticks to its position. They aren't going to take away the ability of cops to smell marijuana during a traffic stop and get the camel's nose under the tent. The government markets and black markets would take a huge hit financially if marijuana prohibition was repealed.

Truthfully I have seen much worse come from the misuse of alcohol than just about anything. I've never heard of a college student overdosing on marijuana. I have seen many instances of lethal alcohol poisoning. Not to mention that alcoholics go through a withdraw from addition that can itself be fatal. None of those things can be said of marijuana.

I'm not pro drug, I really am just against paying hundreds of billions of dollars as a society never making a dent in the WOD while domestic law enforcement continues to militarize itself, and the cartels bank off of the logical consequences of prohibition. The solution to the “drug problem” has given us a police state problem in my opinion.

Just my thoughts FWIW.