[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I find it sad that so many pot heads and druggie groups have gotten so involved with this issue. I have heard many stories where medical marijuana has helped people and even children that experience seizures.

One of the big problems as I see it, is that the states that have legalized it, have allowed growers and unqualified people to set up "Medical Marijuana" shops. They end up in some cases being able to sell to anyone. So instead of this being a controlled medical substance it is simply a recreational drug.

If a state legalized it and had it sold only through pharmacies with a doctors prescription, the whole thing might make a little more sense.

I think that the states also have to initiate some kind of control over the substance. The way it is in some states, almost anyone can set themselves up as a grower and get a license to sell this stuff in an "authorized" shop.

A grower should have to have his crops inspected and only those that are approved should be able to sell on a wholesale basis to pharmacies. If it's for medical purposes only, then why is it not treated like every other medical drug?

What's next? Oxycontin shops?