Howard Dean’s opposition to medical marijuana makes sense to me :

My opposition to medical marijuana is based on science, not based on ideology.

More specifically, I don’t think we should single out a particular drug for approval through political means when we approve other drugs through scientific means.

When I’m President, I will require the FDA to evaluate marijuana with a double blind study with the same kinds of scientific protocols that every other drug goes through.

I’m certainly willing to abide by what the FDA says.

Of course since “political means” are probably what’s keeping the FDA from doing a fair evaluation of the medical benefits of pot, I’mm all for limited legalization (and overall decriminalization) or marijuana.