To be honest none of these facts surprise me. Everybody knows that the pharmaceutical companies have our government in their back pocket. I myself suffer from back problems and I experience extreme pain due to this almost everyday. Personally I refuse to use pain as a reason to not work. I work everyday whether I am hurting or not. Due to the fact that I am a truck driver they will likely never legalize the use of marijuana to wear a truck driver could use it for pain after they shut down for the day. The funny part of this is they will authorize the use of Narcotics when you are not driving to take out the end of the day but not marijuana which would probably actually help and not just stop the pain. Well all I can say is welcome to the Communist States of America