Instead of cutting and pasting pro-pot propaganda try reading the article.
From the article:
"CONCLUSION: Numerous studies suggest that marijuana smoke is an important risk factor in the development of respiratory disease."
From the same article:
RECOMMENDATION 6: Short-term use of smoked marijuana (less than six months) for patients with debilitating symptoms (such as intractable pain or vomiting) must meet the following conditions:
· failure of all approved medications to provide relief has been documented,
· the symptoms can reasonably be expected to be relieved by rapid-onset cannabinoid drugs,
· such treatment is administered under medical supervision in a manner that allows for assessment of treatment effectiveness, and
· involves an oversight strategy comparable to an institutional review board process that could provide guidance within 24 hours of a submission by a physician to provide marijuana to a patient for a specified use.
NONE of these things are even close to being done for the so called "medical" marijuana. While you may think you have a good argument you're really only supporting a bunch of stoned leftists who want to normalize their deviant behavior.
Many medicines have negative side effects - should they all be banned?
From the same article:
RECOMMENDATION
A recommendation is not a fact. And whether marijuana should be tried before or after another medication should be up to doctors in consultation with patients, not politicians or bureaucrats.