Via Cannabis News, check out this article by Laura McPhee in Nuvo (Indiana)
Cannabis Cure: Miracle or Myth?
However, an examination of the facts about marijuana demonstrates that the most common and dangerous myths about America‰s most widely used illegal drug and its medicinal value are actually those perpetuated by the federal government itself.
Indeed. This is really an excellent comprehensive (and long) article about marijuana and medical marijuana history along with analysis of the major arguments against medical marijuana.

[…] Seattle’s other former police chief (and legalization/regulation advocate) Norm Stamper sent this my way—evidence that the nation’s drug czar…