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I know these ladies have a prescription but the whole thing sounds terrible to me, I'm very open minded but something about this group makes me go "hmmmmm".
Marijuana's march towards mainstream confounds
It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of "Reefer Madness" To the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of "Just Say No." Ref. Source 9
The Justice Department will not attempt to challenge state laws that allow for the medical and recreational use of marijuana, as long as the drug sales do not conflict with eight new federal enforcement priorities, including the distribution of marijuana to minors and sales that assist or act as cover for trafficking operations, according to directive that is being issued today to federal prosecutors across the country. Ref. USAToday
It is my opinion that cannabis has medicinal properties, it helps with nausea, as well as pain. The pharmaceuticals would loose money from its legalization into the medicinal world. It would be cheap to produce, being a natural narcotic. Money is lost when they have no need to produce costly synthesized narcotics.
I have also heard rumors so to speak that part of the reason for the initial banning of cannabis started because it was a cheap way to produce fabric from the stock (Or the hemp), and a manufacturing company wanted it prohibited due to the fact it would kill their business of making synthesized fabrics. But this is only rumor as I have not found proof of such claims.
With that said though, BIG companies, pharmaceuticals, fabric, and government, all have their reasons of wanting to keep cannabis illegal. The government makes money from property seisure, and taxes from citizens for the war on drugs, legal fines, etc.
They would all loose money and money is power, so that in my belief is why it hasn't been legalized medicinally or otherwise.
Terminal Cancer Patient in Iowa, Entire Family, Face Drug Charges Over His Medical Marijuana Use:
Mackenzie uses medical marijuana to manage his pain, including a cannabis oil for his skin lesions some doctors say make his experience worth studying for other patients. Ref. Source 4
Feds Says Cannabis Is Not Medicine While Holding The Patent on Cannabis as Medicine : Video
Right now there is an awakening to the benefits of cannabis for medicinal purposes, specifically something called CBD oil. But is the new CBD craze being manipulated by media and politicians? Ref. Source 8
U.S. Surgeon General Acknowledges Medical Benefits Of Cannabis:
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy - the nation's head public health official - acknowledged this week that cannabis can be helpful for certain medical conditions. This is huge since - despite stacks of research and countless user anecdotes showing the medical benefits of cannabis use - the U.S. Government still lists it as a Schedule I drug Ref. Source 7