Aside from the point here: medical use is separate from other use
Whatever one's views on the efficacy of their actions, constitutionally, the Congress can do what it wants to a great degree as far as other use and abuse goes -
As far as medical use goes, they have no right to interfere with the patient physician relationship - from the correspondence of the founders which I retrieved concerning their own work with Native American plants, their intent in this regard is clear beyond doubt...
This applies not only to the use of marijauna for glaucoma and nausea, but also to the use of heroin for the managment of severe pain -
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