I-148

Yes. This measure would allow the limited use of marijuana, under
medical supervision, by patients with debilitating medical conditions
to alleviate their pain and other symptoms.

Why on earth not? Opponents say the initiative, similar to laws passed
in nine other states so far, would make pot more available to young
people.

But that hasn't happened in those other states, probably because the
purveyors of recreational pot are quite capable of supplying their
customers in any event. Arguments that marijuana hasn't been proved to
relieve ill persons' suffering fall flat in the face of the opposite
conclusion reached by the likes of the American Nurses Association,
the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Family
Physicians and other credible groups.

It is apparent that for some people, marijuana is the treatment of
choice to reduce their agony.

In those cases, of course they should have it.