Chronic pain is a problem that affects millions of people. Chronic pain can be caused by a number of different ailments and diseases. Many people used to treat these chronic pain problems with opioids, but the legalization of medical marijuana has given patients a different route and option. I never thought my dad would use medical marijuana. He always said that the stuff was the devil’s lettuce. He lectured my sister’s and I about the dangers of doing drugs and showed us pictures of our brain frying like eggs and bacon if we ever used marijuana. Now that I am an adult, I know that is not true at all, but I was sure scared when I was a kid. I definitely never thought that my dad was going to ever try medical marijuana. The first time that I went to his house and smelled marijuana, I didn’t want to say anything at all. I didn’t want to even bring up marijuana in front of my dad. I didn’t say anything the second or third time either, but the last time I went to see my dad, I finally asked him if he was using medical marijuana products. We had a long discussion and he told me that the doctor thought it would help with his chronic pain problems. I was glad to hear that marijuana had helped a great deal and was still helping. My dad had to admit to me that he was wrong all of those years and I know that wasn’t very easy for him to do.