There are very few medical herbs banned by the government. Cannabis is the only one I can think of that cannot kill you.

If I am stupid enough to think that Deadly Nightshade (as a legal, but totally insane example) will cure my achy joints and I manage to kill myself, it will make the papers and everyone will say "What an idiot!" I will be forgotten in less than a week because Brittany died her hair purple. End of story.

If I inhale the fumes from heated virgin flowers of the cannabis plant, and I find it makes me feel better what ever my condition (realizing this may be just analgesia, and not a cure), where is the harm? Even if it is a purely placebo effect, I feel better! If I feel better, my whole life is better. Why should a herb that has never directly killed anyone be banned from use for even trivial ailments by the general adult population? How does relieving pain with a herb count as a crime? Yet, with our present laws, it is a Federal, and in most cases, state crime!

I'm lucky, I live in California! Cannabis makes the difference between a life filled with migraines and a life with occasional "just ordinary" headaches! Randy Brush, who uses a wheelchair, was given 3 years for 4 plants in Ohio. He's out now. His medical conditions made it too expensive for the State to keep him, but not before he ended up in an ICU and almost died! In Cali, he would have just been asked why he didn't have 2 more mature plants! It's absolutely insane! - Granny:hippy: