I’m not unsympathetic to the parents in that they are probably desperate to control their child’s seizures. I’ve checked a few epilepsy sites, though, and the data on the effectiveness of marijuana in helping control seizures is sketchy at best. And what positive result do seem to be indicated come not from THC, but the non (or mostly non) psychoactive cannaboid compounds. The article even states that the desired strain isn’t available.
The point being, marijuana isn’t a magic panacea/cure-all. The compounds found in it do help a few specific conditions glaucoma, for example), and may help a few others. It’s useless in many other cases, and could be worse than useless when used in place of an actually effective medicine.
Of course, I do realize that the number of medical marijuana users that are actually wanting it for medicinal use is probably a relatively low percentage. I’m just saying that for the folks who DO want it for legitimate medical purposes, there’s an awful lot of Fool’s Gold at the end of that particular rainbow.
There’s a lot of magical thinking in the world. And lot more outright mendacity.
That's true, of course. It's also a true statement about essentially EVERY medical drug. Re-read what you wrote. It's true of every drug from aspirin to morphine, and certainly any psychotropics. No drug is a cure-all, they all have specific areas where they are effective and many more others where they are not.
Any idiot who actually thinks pot or any other drug is a "magic panacea" should be ignored. Raising that kind of argument against any one drug whether pot or aspirin is just foolishness.
Pot might be shown to be a useful medicine in some circumstances. Why is that so surprising?