Agreed. Nothing is Black and White. And I know legalization will never be a reality. There are too many people making too much money for it to be legal. If it were completely legal tomorrow, entire economies around the world would likely collapse.
The medical model is a good starting point. Im a med patient. I just cant stand people, especially dispensary owners, who claim that all they want to do is help patients, but have business models and/or attitudes that say otherwise. They wouldnt be helping patients if there was not monetary compensation. Most of todays medical doctors only became a doctor for the money. Very few of them did it just so they can help people.
Lets face it, dispensaries are legal drug dealers that can command higher than street value prices using terms like "medicine" and "donations" for said medicine. Its illegal to sell marijuana, but you can exchange a money "donation" for a "medicine donation". Its just plain ridiculous. I know thats how they keep it quasi legit, but still.
And then to go so far as to glamorize it on some half assed cheese ball reality tv show is just sad. They are only doing so to drum up more customers (notice im using the term customer, NOT patient) Any attempt on their part to portray themselves as compassionate caregivers is nothing but transparent.
At this point in time, weed cannot and will not be legalized. Ever. Its a sad reality. But its a necessary evil. I myself do what I can to help out med patients I know, and thats all I can do. In the mean time, I still believe that regardless of legality, you shouldnt need a doctors recommendation. It should be like a vitamin, any one should be able to self diagnose, purchase, and self medicate.
I still believe that everyone should stand up for the right to use cannabis as a natural resource given to us by the earth. Either for medicine or recreation.
And on a somewhat unrelated topic, I cant stand med patients that are so uptight that they cant refer to their weed as weed, and then constantly correct people who call it weed. Yes, it may be your medicine, but its still weed. If your prescribed oxycontin, would you correct someone calling them oxys? Come on.