absolutely. and the ingredient in marijuana that has some therapeutic effect has been isolated and refined out away from the other things. it s been on the market for 25 years in a medication known as marinol. so the beneficial portion of marijuana ingredients is already available as a prescription drug without adding the 400-some-odd other chemicals in it without getting the marijuana high, which is what really a lot of people are after. and without getting all the side effects that come from smoking marijuana. pete, i know you want to respond to that. well, listen, i could argue all of those points but i would just simply say, what are the side effects of painkillers like vicodin and oxycontin. they re tremendously addictive. that s why they re prescription. of course. this would be prescription as well. i took a phone call from a veteran the other day on my radio show who had severe burns across most of his body. he tried everything.