The "Medical Marijuana" Dilemma
Recently, I've been questioning and pondering the reasons to pursue and campaign for medical marijuana laws across the country. There are real merits to medical marijuana programs, any way for people to get the medication that works best for them is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. I don't believe that voters or a legislature should say what is legal for a doctor to discuss with or prescribe for his/her patients. If it works for you, it works for you. That being said, in many states, and even in some that have implemented medical marijuana programs, there are still many people that are not legally allowed to use marijuana even though it works for them; in order to get their medication, these people need to venture into the black market. And who's to say what diseases are bad enough to merit the use of marijuana? Do we as Americans not self-medicate with an ever-growing array of substances depending on our current state? Pop a few aspirin to get rid of that headach...