--------------Medical Marijuana---------------------- "Recent research and anecdotal evidence point to potential therapeutic uses of cannabis including managing pain, relieving nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, stimulating appetite and relieving the AIDS wasting syndrome, alleviating intraocular pressure associated with glaucoma, decreasing muscle spasms associated with generalized epilepsy and relieving spasticity arising from multiple sclerosis." http://www.drugtext.org/library/reports/can01/11-ch2-e.htm#9 --------------People use marijuana without any regard for it's legality------------- "The licit or illicit status of substances has little impact on their use." http://www.drugtext.org/library/reports/can01/11-ch2-e.htm#10 --------Gateway drug------------- "Cannabis itself is not a cause of other drug use. In this sense, we reject the gateway theory." --Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs, Cannabis: Summary Report ------- Causing crime--------------- "Cannabis itself is not a cause of delinquency and crime" --Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs, Cannabis: Summary Report "Cannabis is not a cause of violence" --Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs, Cannabis: Summary Report -------addiction------------------- "Heavy use of cannabis can result in dependence requiring treatment; however, dependence caused by cannabis is less severe and less frequent than dependence on other psychotropic substances, including alcohol and tobacco" --Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs, Cannabis: Summary Report ------- driving ------------------ "Cannabis alone, particularly in low doses, has little effect on the skills involved in automobile driving. Cannabis leads to a more cautious style of driving. However it has a negative impact on decision time and trajectory. This in itself does not mean that drivers under the influence of cannabis represent a traffic safety risk" --Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs, Cannabis: Summary Report ----------Other interesting quotes----------- "The level of knowledge about drugs, even about cannabis, perhaps the best known drug, is often limited and clouded by myth." --Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs, Cannabis: Summary Report