Marijuana Is Medicine

One of my U.S. senators from Texas believes that "we can win the war on drugs, but we will not do so by legalizing marijuana or encouraging its use for any purpose." That means, essentially, that she is against a medicine that has been shown to help ease the pain of asthma, cancer chemotherapy, epilepsy, glaucoma, and multiple sclerosis. That is compassionate conservatism at its best. The Libertarians have a plan to abolish penalties against marijuana users, "for any purpose." Libertarianism seems like an ideal in a country that continues to turn the blind eye of justice toward a beneficial therapy like cannabis.