The active ingrediant in marijuana (the one that makes you high), has been shown in studies to be a powerful antibiotic–one that could be effective against illnesses where current drugs do not work.

Fortunately, (or unfortunately) there are unpsycoactive plants in the same family that may have similar medical uses.  Like all medical treatments, this will require much more testing and development, but it does throw another log onto the “why the hell is this so demonized by the DEA?” fire.

SAFER, the Denver based pot advocacy group, issued a well publicized press release calling for pot smoking lounges in airports, saying that it is safer than allowing innebriated customers to cause problems on the airplane.

As air travel gets worse, people are getting drunker, which is starting to cause more problems.  And since it is impossible to imagine a stoned person starting a fight, it actually seems like quite a reasonable solution.  Only one problem, says the FAA, as far as they know, it is still illegal.