Legalizing cannabis for medical use is merely the first step in an attempt to legalize all aspects of cannabis use. My initial response to this argument is rage. Whether or not this is the first step in legalizing marijuana for everybody or not, there are people that are suffering from ailments that cannot be treated by any other medicine and they should absolutely not be denied medicine if it is availible. Please read more about illnesses that have been shown to have been helped by cannabis . Many of the groups that support the legalization of medicinal cannabis are also in favor of total legalization, but that is not the goal of this page.
Total legalization is a totally different issue.
I merely want to see marijuana recieve the same treatment, and be subject to the same availibility as many other potentially dangerous drugs. A doctor can prescribe drugs that have been shown to be seriously dangerous, such as cocaine and opiates, but they cannot prescribe one that is a benign as marijuana. That is a crime. Many of the people that would seek a prescription for cannabis could be treated by other, accepted means. A simple answer, that is often given by chemotherapy patients, is that it is hard to get a pill to be effective when you can't stop vomitting.