Dang, for me this is a tough one, I have family members that I bought pot for due to their intense pain from cancer and chemo, but my personal experience with it just made me.... thick.... almost dim-witted. I do feel it should be the right of the patient to at least choose if he/she wishes to utilize it, with a prescription and without the stigma attached.
If I had all the answers.... aw hell, I'd just be more annoying.