How does that fit into the debate concerning medical use of marijuana?
The medical marijuana issue should be handled directly in the way that we do other things in medical science. We have the finest health care system in the world and in world history. We have very reliable ways of taking substances that have medical efficacy, proving that efficacy and safety. … The medical marijuana debate has been used as an argument that officials are unjustly keeping people who are suffering from medicine. … The problem is that the debate is sidetracking legitimate concerns about the drug, and people are suggesting that there is some kind of bigotry … by those who express concerns about the drug. How seriously do you take methamphetamine as a problem, especially in rural America? We take methamphetamine very seriously. … From my view and my experience, when drug problems have spread and become very serious, it’s because they have not been recognized having serious consequences early enough. It’s safe; it’s fun; it’s not going to be a real threat. Methamphetam
