Imagine that you have Crohn's disease, terminal cancer or chronic pain from a serious car accident. You've tried all the drugs out there, but they make you nauseated, withdrawn or cause severe headaches.

When you try to stop taking them, you feel anxious and crampy and can't sleep. You're scared because friends have gotten hooked on some of these drugs, and you know someone who died from an overdose.

The one thing that allows you to eat, sleep, or function semi-normally is marijuana.

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