If you look at the title 'potential health benefits'. There is still not conclusive evidence that it can be medically beneficial. This leads into the part that I was saying was similar to the legal support of tobacco for its 'potential health benefits', such as dealing with digestion and stress, as well as for keeping a slender figure.

I cannot comment on opiates, though I know are they are a serious issue, I just do not know enough about them.

I reiterate, I am in favour of legalisation, but there is this popular view that cannabis is wholly good. Most look past the serious negative effects it can have on people, especially the effects it can have on lower the socio-economic echelons of society.