I voted for marijuana legalization in Oregon the last round. [View all]

[HuckleB]

I've signed the petition to get things on the ballot for the next round.

That said, I'm one of the few, I suppose, who did not sign or vote for the ballot measures for "medical marijuana."

Now, I'm not saying that marijuana may not have certain purposes in medical treatment. Certainly, there are many parts of the plant that have promise for a number of things. And the anti-nausea component (for some, but not all, as with any drug) of the smoked plant can be very helpful.

However, the "medical marijuana field" seems to have mostly jumped on the back of the rest of "complementary/alternative medicine," offering numerous claims that have little evidence to support them. To me, that led to dishonesty to patients, and leads to an easier path for snake oil salespeople to sell even more nonsense.

Of course, this is all done much more easily in a country where health insurance is privatized, and so many have so few options.

Still, blah blah blah. If marijuana is legalized, all of these issues go by the wayside, at least with the general plant, which is far less harmless than alcohol. (Yeah, I went to the obvious!)

Am I the only one on this track?