I've been smoking the stuff for longer than many of you have been on this earth, but I'm not convinced of the wide-ranging claims of its medical application. Sure, for a few isolated conditions, it has shown some remarkable results, but your average bud-tender will go down a litany of conditions that the evil weed can cure. I have one of the chronic diseases that pot is a supposed treatment for, and I can tell you that the claims are nonsense.