Thanks for answering one of my 2 questions.

high numbers of impaired drivers police are reporting in states where it has been legalized.

That's because police are claiming that you are considered impaired up to 24 hours+ after smoking which is actually laughable.

The reason they are making up this lie is because you have butt-hurt cops that can't slap you with a possession charge once they find a legal patient with weed. So what's their loophole? Get the patient to admit they have smoked ANYTIME recently so they can get slapped with a DUI instead. Cops have hit there numbers too you know....

I have had however too many friends who went from casual MJ use to full blown addiction, derailed careers, damaged health and infertility and/ or kids with birth defects.

I'm sorry about your friends. I'm not going to say your friends had other underlying issues because I don't know them, but I will tell you about me and my friends. Me and my friends use MMJ daily and have been for the past 15 years. We EACH hold good careers, and last I checked I was healthy as can be for my age. Mind you we hardly smoke often (use vapes & edibles mostly).

I do not have any EXTREMELY debilitating disease and do not NEED MMJ by any means, but it does alleviate my migraines and minor pains. And if something came up to where I had advanced pain... I definitely wouldn't want to use anything other than weed for it. I'm actually curious as to what your idea of safer pain management techniques are. Anything I've found is never safer and usually less effective.

Also you never answered my second question.

have you ever gone on reddit to voice your negative opinion on alcoholism like you did here for marijuana? Sincerely curious