Really? Do you have anyone close to you who has substantial pain? My wife does, and now that “marijuana” is “legal” in California, she can openly buy CBD, one of the constituent chemicals present in marijuana, which is an excellent pain killer that does not have the deleterious side effects of opioids and opiates. There is a lot more to marijuana than toking up and getting high. On a lighter note, our daughter has a young, hiperkinetic Maltese Poodle. She has found that she can "even him out" with marijuana laced doggie treats. They don't let him drive, so it's o.k.
I have to assume that anyone who is still anti-cannabis at this point either has a personal financial interest at stake or is an irreconcilable Puritan.
On a public policy basis, on the basis of law, the arguments to end prohibition are overwhelming.
Marijuana extracts are now approved for epilepsy. I use non-THC CBD oil for back pain. And legalizing marijuana would go a long way to stop the police deprivations using the War On Drugs to illegally seize money and property with no proof of any illegal activity.
The CBD didn’t help me, but 86.5% THC vape kills the pain very nicely. I don’t drive on it but I do use it after work and it is marvelous. Plus I no longer take the opioids.