I want to grow my own, but it's illegal. I have to travel to a legal (liberal) state to get my stash. I could literally be thrown in jail for years if caught. Yet, it's safe (you cannot overdose on it), cost effective, it kills cancer, helps with pain, and is NOT a gateway drug like the prescription drugs your doctor likes to keep you hooked on. It's no more or less recreational than alcohol. It makes a ton of sense to legalize it and Big Pharma has got to hate it because it helps you get off all their crap... and yet only super liberal states have legalized it?? That's insane to me. Why is this important to discuss on this site? Because a lot of you are conservatives like me who enjoy it, but have to remain relatively quiet on the subject except with their liberal 'friends', and that's just outright wrong. I'd love to also open some eyes on here with other conservative, freedom loving types, and see their real take on it... are you really that against its' use? If you had a debilitating illness (like my husband) and you had to take something to take the edge off, do you really judge on whether its a prescription or this perfectly natural substance that could be grown in my own backyard? In a few months, or less, we might all be on our own for a time... and in many ways we already are as we cannot trust the hospitals or clinics, in my opinion. Many of you have stocked up on food, water, etc... in preparation. Have you considered this wonderful plant and the many benefits that it naturally gives to also have on hand? Did you know it helps with anxiety? What happens if you cannot refill your anxiety meds? Not only that but it helps with sleep, pain management, irritable bowel disease, reduces inflammation, and (as already mentioned) combats cancer and who knows what else.