Medical Marijuana

Dear Editor,

I must be missing something with respect to the “medical marijuana” issue and the problem of locating dispensaries. It seems that we already have a network of highly control facilities whose main function is to dispense legally controlled, medically related, substances. We call those call those substances “pharmaceuticals” and we call those locations “Pharmacies” a.k.a. Drug Stores. If the need for marijuana is medically supported, a prescription should be justified and written. Then, the substance should be provided in a control manner, just like any other ‘drug.’ Do we have this “discussion” every time a drug company releases a new compound? No! From my view, medical marijuana would simply be another approved drug and should be handled accordingly. The whole thing doesn’t seem to complex to me.