If legitimate medical organizations request the availability of THC in forms other than oral forms, pharmaceutical companies should be encouraged to produce alternate delivery vehicles such as suppositories or nasal inhalers, and research should be carried out to determine effectiveness. The pro-drug movement seeks the legalization of marijuana as a medicine as a step toward the overall legalization of marijuana. Many of the physicians leading the central push for medical marijuana have no direct medical patient contact, maintain leadership roles in pro-marijuana organizations, and smoke marijuana themselves. Should the government have to shoulder that load or the patient. Would it only be standard government marijuana or any marijuana.
Different controls create a different black market.
The medical marijuana defense would bog down courts prosecuting drug cases. Virtually anyone could contend medical uses for bogus medical ailments. Vehicular trauma and related DUI problems could increase if significant increases in marijuana use occurred. Further, the medical marijuana defense could easily be used to cover such offenses. Using marijuana medically is much like drinking pond water instead of bottled water.