re: Marijuana research for Alzheimer's cure stymied.

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And there are a billion pain management drugs already on the market

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Nearly all of which have more debilitating side effects and/or are far far far more addictive than marijuana. Most heroin addicts became addicted by being prescribed opium based pain medication for a workplace or car accident injury. When their prescription ran out, they had to resort to the black market to get their fix. Many illegal narcotics are simply the black market forms of validly issued prescription drugs that people are getting addicted to because they are incredibly dangerous.

Guess what isn't addictive? Marijuana.