I'm a chronic pain sufferer from a 1998 botched spinal fusion. I take methadone, but with the big "opioid epidemic" in the U.S. my pain and symptom management doctor has cut my medication in half. I asked about medical marijuana, but since it's still considered a schedule one narcotic by the federal government he won't prescribe it. Every three months I have to pee in a cup, and if I test positive for any "street drugs" (marijuana included) he can void my opioid contract. There's no possible way I can get through a day without the Methadone, so I'm still screwed. Damned junkies. They've completely ruined the lives of people who actually need strong pain medication to have any sort of a "normal" life.

So now, while everyone else in New York State will be enjoying nice bowls of coma-inducing OG Kush, chronic pain sufferers will be left on the outside again! This shit is really getting to my attitude.