re: Oklahoma, Nebraska Ask U.S. Supreme Court To Overturn Colorado Marijuana Law

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This is equal to dry counties suing to make wet counties stop selling alcohol

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Except alcohol is bad and has ruined millions of lives over the last 100 years or so since marijuana was made illegal. There is ZERO evidence supporting the illegalization of marijuana. Hell, I wouldn't even require a rx if it were up to me, but psych and pain management will fight it tooth and nail. I do pain management and have to treat psych issues in my practice. I can honestly say that legalization would help me wean pt's off of addictive meds and avoid their use in the future. They tie our hands by limiting our access to better treatment options. Just like a newer pain med Nucynta. They made it schedule II. It shouldn't be. It's expensive, but no more so than opiate based pain meds they do cover. Has shown little if any addictive potential. No significant withdrawals after prolonged use. Mild to moderate at most. Had one pt tell me it was like a really mild case of flu with the bodyaches when she went cold turkey, against my advice, but did say it was NOTHING like weaning off hydrocodone. Big pharma wants addicts. They want high street value and demand for their drugs. And the insurance company and the federal gov't through medicare are complicit in this by limiting treatment options and medication formularies. It's bullshite. Then when we treat a pt within the guidelines we're given and with the meds we are allowed, we are accused of being "pill docs" and the pt's are stigmatized for it as well. Are you gonna hire someone on hydrocodone and Xanax over someone that isn't?