The issue of legalizing cannabis is one that has been on going since the discovery of the healing properites of the plant. If there were no positive effects the issue would be moot. The human body and its funcutions are one that will never be understood in its entirety, yet time has educucated us on the complexities to a great degree, from nerve recpetors to the firing of dentries, which differ from one individual to another. Enately the decision on what benifits our bodies is a concious one, just as what we wear or we we choose to live. Yes, for every rule there are exeptions--if we cannot consiouly decide, there are instruments that assist us--medically speaking. We rely on doctors who have the knowledge and power to do what is best suited for any given situation. The right passed down by our founding fathers allows each person to make a concious choice to live as we see fit as long as it is not endangering others. Why should that inate right be taken from us? It may be that the hippocratic oath needs to be reaccessed. The faith that we have in healthcare providers is blind. The goverment issues the right to take control of our needs when nesssery, but far from be it to allow the goverment to infinge upon the right to live a life that the consitution gave us in the first place. The issue of medical use and personal use are truely seperate entities. I hope that regulations continue on what power and abuse of a PHD gives, but I find it utterly contradictory to allow my right as a citizen of the United States to be regulated. I was given the right to have a private dweelling which is protected from all others, unless permission granted. It should go hand in hand that in my home I may choose to put whatever substance in my body. Futhermore if it is benificial then it's in the boundaries to my pursuit of happiness. Each and every day our rights are being infingrd upon. What will America be to my grandchildren if we don't take a stand and fight for our rights that our government has deemed to be the very fibers that make up this great nation that homes the free and the brave. The world is in crisis and much bigger issues are at hand, but if we allow one consitutional right to be bent the ends are boundless. If you want to smoke pot for whatever reason, then smoke it!