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In reply to the discussion: DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana [View all]bluedye33139
(1,474 posts)The proponents of medical marijuana wanted to set up a system in which all of the criminal penalties would remain in place except for people who had a green card, which was often handed out to literally everyone who paid a hundred and fifty or $200 to a doctor issuing green cards. At least in the state of Washington. Full legalization wasn't much wiser than the medical marijuana ruse.
I recognize that there are medical benefits for glaucoma or appetite or nausea or pain control. I fully acknowledge these, and I acknowledge that dosing and purity are so uncontrollable with this drug that medical use is still in its very, very early stages. Full legalization would allow all patients to utilize cannabis as they and their providers see fit, without legal consequences.
It never made sense to me to allow patients to use a fairly unproven drug while punishing recreational users.