Fuck you Californians!

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Guess who I blame?

 

[JeffTD]

What you're saying makes sense, but marijuana is a ridiculously finicky drug when it comes to how it effects people.
It's not like paracetamol where for probably almost everyone it's a case of take 2 pills and bamwhammo, you're headache is gone, and perhaps take one more but it wont do jack shit

With pot (I recall you said you don't use it, right?), it's almost an art form trying to get that right amount in your system.
The difference between 2 and 3 hits of a bong can be quite staggering for some people and ultimately there is no doctor in the world that could suggest a well defined dosage, because it truly does vary a hell of a lot from person to person, so I don't think it's so unreasonable that the user figures out the dosage themselves depending on their ailment/s.
You could argue the same thing for analgesics, but unlike Paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids, there is no risk of accidental overdose trying to figure out a good dosage level.
At worst, you'll just pass out and wake up many hours later wondering what the hell happened.

This is almost the exact response I was hoping for; For virtually every imaginable 'illness' that would currently warrant a medicinal marijuana card and an 'open check' prescription for it, there are other proven and fixed-dosage medications that work. The current system is basically in place because a few clever potheads decided that if they could create a medically justifiable way to get pot legally, it would make it loads easier to get in the first place. Now, it's just abused to no end; it's like what the doctor told Randy in the South Park episode about it: "Medicinal marijuana is for people who aren't healthy. AIDS patients, cancer patients. You know, people going through chemo. The THC helps them eat and take the pain."

I really don't know anyone with a medicinal card that legitimately qualifies for it, and I'm willing to bet that 90% of the people who have one don't.

 

[egan.]

I'm with Jeff on this. I believe that it's silly for marijuana to be illegal but medical marijuana as a concept and system is nothing but a really obvious back-door. There are literally DR's that do nothing but write scripts for it in exchange for a consultation fee. I don't doubt that it has some real medical value to some people but it's disingenuous to pretend that's the real goal.
In terms of legality it's going to come back to either a change in federal law or a reversal of Gonzales v. Raich.