The Compassionate Use Act, 1996 was established to provide physicians the ability to recommend chronic pain patients medical marijuana at first for cancer patients.  Science has now proven many pain relief benefits are possible through medical marijuana use.  Even though one can purchase legal state marijuana (13 states) our Federal government will not recognize states right to distribute marijuana through state prescritpion medical marijuana cards.  Be sure to read the full series about medical marijuanna found at mirrorathlete.com.