Yep.
This is a touchy subject for me because I PERSONALLY know too many people who used marijuana for cancer treatment. One had such a huge recovery the DR asked him if there was anything he was doing to treat it. When he told him of the medical marijuana derivative he was using, the doctor got almost physically belligerent.
But my friend (and a lot of other acquaintances) were cured.
And the non-THC extract (CDL, I think) drastically eliminated my wife’s insomnia.
i.e. medical marijuana effectiveness is not quackery. Results speak for themselves.
And thanks to the internet, it’s easy to find all sorts of natural cures. e.g. Black Cherry juice for my gout.
Regarding gout, self-medicating with unsweetened cherry juice, cranberry juice or even blueberry actually is effective combined with a diet cutting out the really rich fatty foods as well as any agonists as far as production of the uric acid crystals that accumulate in extremities and joints causing the swelling and pain. That includes alcohol, beer in particular, and even green leafy vegetables. I have a genetic predisposition, my maternal grandmother had it pretty bad. The side effects of colchicine really put me off, so I went looking around. Took about eight weeks but I got rid of my first major bout of gout, lost about thirty pounds over the course of the six months I stayed on it, haven’t had a recurrence either. I know what it feels like coming on now, that tingling, so it’s time to rein in the fatty foods, etc. and that wards off another bout of it.
I only really have three issues with marijuana:
1. There should be harsh penalties for anyone who smokes it somewhere that someone else could be affected by it
2. Anyone DUI marijuana should not be allowed to drive again
3. It shouldn’t be permitted in public places, schools, or workplaces
If it is used exclusively in private residences by people who won’t be operating a vehicle, I don’t have a problem with it.
I do have a problem with Big Pharma stepping on natural remedies because they don’t want competition for the toxic garbage they sell.