nys will officially launch its medical marijuana program in 2016!!! yippee!

i am looking forward to it & hope it will outperform the current crop of pain meds (neurontin, tramadol, cymbalta, lyrica, etal) which have lots of side effects that often outweigh the benefits.

soooo, here are my questions: (1) what benefits do you derive from MM? &
(2) are there any down sides?