Today's Wall Street Journal had an article about the special substance.

Jennifer, a 37-year-old Virginia school teacher now unable to work due to unrelenting pain caused by a genetic spinal disease, stared hopelessly at the bottle of opioids her doctor had prescribed her. Beset by desperation discomfort, she faced a difficult choice. The opioids would provide limited relief but came with a high risk of addiction. Or she could try marijuana, which would likely be safer but put her on the wrong side of the law.

Jennifer chose marijuana. She drove to Washington, D.C., where the drug is sold legally, and visited three medical marijuana storefronts offering ridiculously named products like “Kush,” “Diesel” and “Head Trip.” While the offerings were of unknown concentrations and efficacy for her pain, they worked to a greater degree and with fewer side effects than any previous medication Jennifer had tried.
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I wrote this comment at the Wall Street Journal:

"While the offerings were of unknown concentrations and efficacy for her pain, they worked to a greater degree and with fewer side effects than any previous medication Jennifer had tried."

The people who would make this illegal obviously don't care about Jennifer.

"Last year alone, more than 64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses."

How many of these 64,000 Americans died from a marijuana overdose? Zero.

Medical marijuana should be legal in every state and eventually that's the way it will be.

What about recreational marijuana? If that's illegal then much more dangerous drugs like cigarettes and beer should be illegal.