“If doctors see some value in prescribing it, I would not oppose its legalization for that purpose.”
Doctors do NOT see value in pot. That they do is another lie propagated by libertarian potheads.
You will not be able to find a reputable physician, one educated in the United States at an accredited medical school, who will “prescribe” marijuana. Which is still illegal, by the way. To prescribe it. It’s banned.
Some hack sawbones from the University of Guam who’s hanging onto their medical license by a thread and can’t get work elsewhere will write you a ‘note’ saying how you ‘need’ it, because you’re just so anxious. But you won’t get a legal prescription. And not from a reputable physician.
As a paralyzed veteran who has experienced pain on a daily basis, and knows many other quads and paras who do also, I can tell you for certain that there are doctors who believe that pot helps alleviate the pain and muscle spasms associated with muscular atrophy.
Now they do not prescribe it, mostly because Pennsylvania still lives in the prohibition era when it comes to marijuana.
FWIW, more people now die annually from prescription drugs than from illegal drugs.
"A sedated population is an easily controlled population."
Actually your bullshit statistics you used simply to prove your lies prompted me to actually look at crime statistics prior to the introduction of medical marijuana in 1996 in California and post introduction. There has been a consistent decrease in crime every year. So I don’t quite understand your point on crime is increasing due to medical marijuana.
Your argument about some people abusing the system to get their cards and smoke might be true, but these people would just buy from a dealer if it was illegal. Or do you actually think it being “illegal” would stop them from doing something they really want to do? Did it stop people drinking in the prohibition? No, it did not.
And doctors, do see value in marijuana. Are you a doctor? I don’t think you are, so please refrain from giving “doctors” opinions on marijuana. If anything, the problem is that it will be smoked, and that is what is bad for the health, the smoke. Which is why there are methods like vaporizing and eating that are less harmful than smoking.
May I ask where you went to medical school?
Please refer to my last post for a more complete explanation of my opinion on the matter. You would see that I am not entirely persuaded by the Libertarian legalization stance.
I am not a doctor and I don’t know what percentage of doctors advocate the use of Marijuana for medicinal purposes. I know of one deceased relative who used to smoke it for pain-relief during the advanced stages of cancer. In his opinion, it gave him some much needed relief and it allowed him to eat which was something most of his other pain medication did not. I am glad he was able to have some relief from that horrible, and in his case, fatal disease.
Nevertheless, I do not advocate or support the recreational use of marijuana as I stated before.
There are several doctors in New Mexico who will work with patients to get them a medical marijuana license - and their actions are regulated heavily by the state, and the license application and all accompanying medical documentation has to be approved as well.
You are falling back on semantics. Yes, doctors cannot prescribe marijuana per se, but many see benefits to pot use under specific conditions and will work with patients to where patients can legally buy their own marijuana.
Even an Eskimo in Alaska can get all the hemp he wants, any time he wants, in under the time it takes to get a pizza.
If you want your world to be a hemp-free environment, try living on the Moon.