I a user an an advocate for Med MJ. For me it helps with pain, spasticity and the stress of deling with a lifelong chronic disease.

i checked and there is no Med MJ law in Virginia. normal.orc has a lot of info @ Med MJ including files of studies and findings by Medical professionals. There a lot of info on the web.

I worked to help change the law in Maine and we got it done, it took 9+ years. On the normal .orc site there is a method to contact your elected officials in your state. Also there are two bills pending in the Us Congress that increase the availability for Med Maj and remove the Federal penalities.
Contact your elected officials to get their support on this legislation.

I'm in the VI now and have just begun to form a group to try to change the archaic and oppressive law here. The VI is very conservative ( who would have thought ) so it will be a struggle as the referendum and citizens initiatives are harder to accomplish. But......

A little puff of MJ as Sandy mentioned may be a natural substitute for some RX drug along with the side effects. I only use a DMD, some supplements and when I can't stand it, Vicodan, but rarely.

There are still many people who buy into the reefer madness thing of 40-50 years ago and they will never accept it. My mother used it in the last stages of her terminal brain cancer, my 80 something father in law uses it for his Glaucoma. It is a naturally occurring herb with soothing benefits for a wide range of afflictions.