Quote Originally Posted by Whacker View Post
It's just really damn annoying when people try to pitch the BS as some kind of miracle drug or as effective or a real alternative to modern medicine, when it's not.
From my own personal experiences, conversations with some of my friends who are doctors, and conversations with my family's doctors, I do very much believe that marijuana is a very effective painkiller that avoids a lot of side effects of other medications. It also works effectively as a muscle relaxant. I agree it's not a miracle drug, but there's a lot of merit in using it for people with chronic pain problems.

It is true though that the medical marijuana argument is mainly used to boot strap to total legalization. Most people who argue for it don't really care about its medicinal properties.