“ Sorry that we had to leave early. Let's see if I can provide some BRIEF (and thus weak) additional information. The questions about tobacco or alcohol as drugs: Drugs have a legal definition, a part of which is INTENDED use. Vitamin C, even as tablets, are not drugs unless the LABEL states "use for scurvy." So, neither tobacco nor alcohol are INTENDED for medical use. Drug advertising - FDA is constrained both by law (established by Congress) and court decisions - we have very liberal freedom of speech laws, in this country (pro-Nazi literature is not legal in Germany, but is in the US), and FDA has lost various freedom of speech cases. INTENDED use is the key for a lot of this - rhetorical question, which is ultimately answered by regulation and law - does the INTENDED use of marijuana meet the medical "benefit vs risk" requirements to make it ACCEPTABLE for medical use? - those are among the issues that the Board of Pharmacy will be dealing with. ”