[supercat]

Then, I'd like to see how "medical" marijuana stacks up against the 10 to 20 existing FDA-approved drugs that have been on the market for the last 10 to 20 years.

Well, it's certainly got most of them beat on price, at least if one can avoid paying a black-market premium.

If someone can get adequate relief from a product that costs them $10/month to grow, whereas using prescription medications sufficient for such relief costs $300/month, will you personally pay that person $290/month in exchange for not using the $10/month remedy? If not, what gives you the right to impose $290/month of extra expenses on that person?

[robertpaulsen]

"Well, it's certainly got most of them beat on price, at least if one can avoid paying a black-market premium."

Medical marijuana will never be approved in a smoked form, so get that idea out of your head. If anything, it will be available in a form and at a price comparable to other pain relieving drugs.