I have just ran across an article about Will Foster a rheumatoid arthritis sufferer.

The prosecution told the jury that Foster had to have intended to distribute marijuana because his small indoor garden was producing the equivalent of 2,652 joints, far more than a single person could consume. Ed Rosenthal, a marijuana cultivation expert, testified that the yield would be at most 600 joints, a proper amount for a medical patent who uses marijuana as medication on a daily basis.

As a rheumatoid arthritis sufferer I can tell you Marijuana is the best thing I have ever used.  But as a Single father of 2 daughters I can not imagine what would happen if I was ever arrested.  The pain of knowing the medication I take is more dangerous and not as helpful as Marijuana.  But the Consequences are to great.