[thoughtomator]

It's pretty disingenuous to use the worst pot that can be cultivated as a basis for evaluation. Come now, you can't be naive enough to believe that those trials were conducted with indifference to the outcome. They're no more valid than any other politically-motivated "research". Even if they were, there is no Constitutional basis for the federal government to assert this power. How free is a man who cannot even choose his own medicine?

[Mojave]

This drug dealer's operation was shut down, but most dispensaries in California remain open.

[TheGeezer]

I wanted to read the rest of the article, but the link failed. Does Yahoo yank stuff abotu a month old (the article was dated 12/12/05)? Besides, the active compoent

Come now, you can't be naive enough to believe that those trials were conducted with indifference to the outcome.

A lot of research was done long before the California experiment became an issue. Again, new research may vindicate MJ medical use, but so far the majority of research, much of it done by drug companies, points to MJ not being much of a pain management possibility.

...there is no Constitutional basis for the federal government to assert this power. How free is a man who cannot even choose his own medicine?

I think this is the kernal of the debate. The states certainly could regulate drug production and use, I suppose, but past experience in this regard is not good. As I wrote in another post, the California experiment may be the beginning, ironically, of a wave of states' rights issues.