SO WHAT WILL A DOCTOR BE RECOMMENDING (NOT PRESCRIBING)... TAKE 5 TOKES OF YOUR CHOICE OF POTENCY EVERY OTHER HOUR FOR 30 DAYS OR LONGER (OR WHENEVER YOU CAN REMEMBER) if you feel sick go to the emergency may not want to drive

The statement "marijuana is an organic plant and therefore people should be allowed to use it as desired" is a weak argument for smoked pot to be called medicine. What if poppy or coco plants were allowed to be cultivated in our country? Isn't it safer to have medicines that have specific quantities of the desired chemicals?

Throughout history, humans have used plants to treat all kinds of illnesses. Today, about 40 percent of our prescription medicines come from plant extracts or synthesized plant compounds. Plant-based medicines are everywhere, including the shelves of our local drugstores. Some examples are inulin from the roots of dahlias, quinine from the cinchona, morphine and codeine from the poppy, aspirin from willow bark and digoxin from the foxglove. For instance to reduce the chance of heart attacks doctors don't just give out a piece of bark and have a person chew on it throughout the day. They recommend taking 1/2 an aspirin maybe twice a day.

"Medical" pot does NOT answer questions that should be addressed when using medicines.

Medical marijuana should refer to FDA approved medicine however proponents of legalizing pot have coined the term to mean smoking pot or eating food with infused pot and calling it a medicine which has intentionally caused a great deal of confusion. I will refer to this as "medical" pot.

Amendment votes and Legislative Bills ARE NOT a PRESCRIPTION. These forms of 'medicine' circumvents the safety & health procedures, standards and guidelines required by the FDA. There is no dosage, frequency, age-specific, ... guidelines for 'medical' marijuana.

MAJOR MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS DO NOT SUPPORT smoked pot or edibles as a legitimate form of medication... must be FDA approved.