I don't use anything other than prescribed medicine now. If it were legalized I think I would consider it as an alternative to prescribed painkillers later on. My wife has cancer, and the warranty on my body seems to have expired so no telling what's coming up. Imagine the savings to taxpayers if we could simply “grow our own” pain meds.
Something tells me the pharmaceutical companies will object. ;)
That’s how it all started, if memory serves. The chemical industry came up with synthetic fibers so they lobbied Congress to outlaw hemp production. The switch was completed before the second world war finished and only a few hemp leggings and tents and naval ropes survive to this day.