[robertpaulsen]

Cocaine has been medically proven effective as a local anesthesia to the nose, mouth or throat to allow some types of surgery or examinations without pain. It can be prescribed and used only under doctor's supervision, and applied by spray or cotton swab directly to the area being anesthetized.

If marijuana were found to have some similar medical benefit, I wouldn't have a problem. But don't get your hopes up; I doubt it will be in smoked form.

[EBUCK]

I doubt it will be in smoked form.

For some, the smoked form is the only way to ingest it (nausea etc..) outside of IV administration (which may be impossible outside of a hospital).

EBUCK