Congratulations on finding a way to beat the pain! I understand because someone very close to me has a terrible lifelong disease as well. If they can't get the pot they need, they're in incredible pain. It's painful to see them that way. Lots of people just don't understand that when you're in that position, the legality of it matters very little to you. I'm glad you did so much research, you really need facts to back yourself up in a situation like that. Most of the time, people just think you're a "pothead" and "baked", but really, you're just surviving. All those prescriptions are way more harmful and addictive then marijuana. I wish the federal government would just look past the stigma and legalize it for medical use already.