What is the Solution?

Researchers found that in American States with medical marijuana laws on the books, the number of prescriptions dropped for drugs to treat anxiety, depression, nausea, pain, psychosis, seizures, sleep disorders and spasticity. Those are all conditions for which marijuana is sometimes recommended. Source

Cannabis as a viable alternative - So why is cannabis a good solution? How does it work?

Human beings have an endocannabinoid system to which cannabis directly responds. Medical cannabis regulates health through homeostasis, the process that maintains the stability of the body's internal environment in response to changes in external conditions. A functional cannabinoid system is essential for health.

In an anonymous survey, 66% of 350 clients at the Berkeley (Calif.) Patients Group, a medical marijuana dispensary, said that they use marijuana as a prescription drug substitute. Their reasons: Cannabis offered better symptom control with fewer side effects than did prescription drugs.

Medical cannabis is clearly competition to the pharmaceutical industry, as the cannabis plant can take the place of a wide variety of synthetic drugs, especially for mood and anxiety disorders.