But the issue shouldn't be an issue in the first place. Perhaps if society hadn't stigmatized the use of marijuana before, we wouldn't be spending our tax dollars to defend it now. Let's compare marijuana to other drugs. Cold medication is a drug. It alters the state of the user's concious so much that the user could get a ticket for driving uder the influence, if he or she is caught doing so.
Marijuana has similar effects, though maybe more concentrated.
Now let's look at cocaine or heroin. They are highly addictive and excessively destructive to the lives of most people who use these drugs. People are in pain and suffering, and there are some people who get so caught up in the negative stigma attached to marijuana that they forget that. A doctor's responsibility is to make patients feel better. When traditional methods of medication aren't doing it, there is another way.