[thoughtomator]

There are people who give exactly that reason... have been, for a long time, far longer than the medical angle has been around. To not support legalization just because of the medical-pot movement strikes me as a bit... phony. Either it's the right thing to do or it's not, what other people say about it shouldn't make a difference.

[escapefromboston]

See the thing is, I really don't care if someone smokes grass. However, I don't feel like being lied to by a bunch of filthy self-important hippies and libertarians. I would rather that they say "I want to legalize pot because I want to get high" instead of "legalize pot because we all care about people with cancer". I don't believe them and I am generally not swayed by cheap emotionalism.