[jammer]

Next, we'll all be chewing Willow Bark for our headaches after placing crystals on our body while dancing naked around the fire at full moon.

Yeah hopefully. That's why they call it "freedom." And that's all it is. Freedom. It is not a panacea and it doesn't guarantee medical practices which you or anyone else deems optimum. But it is what many of us--although obviously not all FReepers--think is the bedrock of our society and Constitution.

[robertpaulsen]

As a society, we decided that the FDA was the best way, overall, to prevent or minimize the harm caused by drugs.

Medical marijuana will have my support if and when it passes FDA approval. I see no reason to make an exception for this drug over any other potentially beneficial drug.

Just because you wish to live in a society that looks like Clan of the Cave Bear doesn't mean the rest of us do.