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I mistakenly believed the Drug Enforcement Agency listed marijuana as a schedule 1 substance because of sound scientific proof. Surely, they must have quality reasoning as to why marijuana is in the category of the most dangerous drugs that have "no accepted medicinal use and a high potential for abuse."

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Schedule I substances are those that have the following findings:

       The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
       The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
       There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

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The defendant’s lawyers won the right to challenge the government’s treatment of marijuana as a controlled substance, as dangerous as heroin. They’re making their final pitch Wednesday for a federal judge to declare the government’s position unconstitutional in light of evidence of pot’s medical uses and steps the U.S. has taken to recognize legalization efforts in several states.

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The population study, which was published in the Journal of Pharmacology, looked at data of 135,095 random subjects which include 19,299 users of psychedelic drugs such as LSDs and psilocybin mushrooms. The authors of the study, Teri Krebs and Pål-Ørjan Johansen, found no existing evidence to connect the use of psychedelic drugs and mental conditions such as depression, psychological distress, and suicide intentions.

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Drawing on these psychological responses, researchers are planning their first study using MDMA for the treatment of social anxiety.

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He points out that psychedelics remain more legally restricted than heroin and cocaine.

“But no evidence indicates that psychedelic drugs are habit forming, little evidence indicates that they are harmful in controlled settings and much historical evidence shows that they could have use in common psychiatric disorders,” he wrote.

In fact, recent studies indicate that psychedelics have “clinical efficacy in anxiety associated with advanced cancer, obsessive compulsive disorder, tobacco and alcohol addiction, and cluster headaches”, he said.

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“Psychedelics often produce profound experiences while at the same time having a safety risk profile comparable to many activities of daily life, such as riding a bike or playing soccer.”

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However, a spokesperson for Public Health England told Newsweek it was unethical to treat addiction to illegal substances with other illegal substances, adding such a program would not have support in the UK.

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While marijuana use among teens was higher in states that went on to allow medical marijuana, rates of teen use in those states did not rise further after the states legalized medical marijuana, the study found.

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“Perhaps if we are so good about communicating risks of cigarettes but we don’t communicate about e-cigarettes, it sends a message that they are safe,” said lead author Maria L. Roditis of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco.

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“It’s a really important paper because it really shows that the level of ignorance that kids have about these products is leading to a lot of use,” said Stanton A. Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at UCSF.

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Marijuana smoke actually has worse effects on vascular function than cigarette smoke in animal studies, and smoking pot, like e-cigarettes, is often a gateway for young people to start smoking cigarettes, he said.

(TPRJones @ Jun. 25 2015,16:10)

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The same goes for abstinence-only sex education.  The single largest indicator that a state is about to see a massive rise in abortion rates is when they pass abstinence-only sex ed laws.  The so-called pro-life movement has caused far far more abortions than they've prevented.

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Marijuana smoke actually has worse effects on vascular function than cigarette smoke in animal studies, and smoking pot, like e-cigarettes, is often a gateway for young people to start smoking cigarettes, he said.

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Bristol Palin revealed she's pregnant with her second child, writing in a blog post, "I know this has been, and will be, a huge disappointment to my family"

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The state Board of Health voted 6-2 Wednesday against adding PTSD to the list of ailments eligible for treatment with medical marijuana. It came despite a recommendation from Colorado's chief medical officer and a panel of physicians.

Board members cited a lack of research, including medical trials.

"We have an absence of scientific information," board member Rick Brown said.

Marijuana is illegal under federal law, and some scientists say research has been stymied by government hurdles, including a declaration that marijuana is a controlled substance with no accepted medical use.

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One physician recently awarded a state grant to study marijuana use by veterans testified that PTSD sufferers are already using pot to treat their symptoms.

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The researchers, lead by Dr Gabet, injected one group of rats with CBD alone and another group with both CBD and THC. They found CBD alone provided the necessary therapy.

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However, while marijuana use may not have surged, there has been a relatively sharp decline in the number of youngsters who think regular cannabis use is harmful.

(TPRJones @ Sep. 11 2015,12:44)

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But Malcolm, even though use hasn't risen, legalization has lead to massive amounts of wrongthink!

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Previous studies on marijuana use have showed conflicting results, with some suggesting marijuana can reduce the risk of diabetes, despite others showing that the drug is associated with an increased calorie consumption.

(Malcolm @ Sep. 17 2015,12:41)

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< Antidepressant declared worthless > for adolescents.  This shit is way safer than psilocybin, MDMA, and other hallucinogens.

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Taking a closer look at the original study’s data, made public from a 2004 court settlement, the new study’s authors found the original had mislabeled critical side effects like suicidal behavior as “emotional lability,” allowing the drug to slide through safety standards even though some of its test subjects had contemplated killing themselves. Further warping the study’s results, according to the new report, were one of the authors’ “undisclosed financial conflicts of interest” and the fact that the final draft was written by a medical ghostwriter.

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In 2002 alone, over 2 million prescriptions were written for children and teens...

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Count this as shocking but unsurprising, for GSK has been admonished and fined many times since 2001, including once for $3 billion, for exaggerating Paxil’s safety and marketing it improperly for use in adolescents.
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As Carey notes in his Times story, thousands of children, teens, and young adults attempted or committed suicide while on Paxil—but it’s impossible to know how many, if any, did so because of Paxil.

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Herbal cannabis is not medicinal and should not be classified as such, according to public statements made recently by US Drug Enforcement Administration Director Chuck Rosenberg.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Rosenberg acknowledged that constituents in the plant possess “great promise” as potential therapies. But he dismissed the notion of the plant itself as medicinal. “That is a joke,” he said.

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Lynn wouldn’t discuss the actual chemistry, saying that it was “proprietary.”

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“Typically, if you have five nanograms in a regular smoker, you probably won't see any behavioral effects,” said Carl Hart, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University. “Whereas, with five nanograms in someone who’s never smoked, you might see a lot of effects.”

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With breath, Lynn explains, the THC signal only sticks around for a few hours. Some studies have found that THC stays on a person’s breath for as long as four hours. The company doesn’t yet know if the breathalyzer can detect if someone ate a marijuana product recently.

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Hart expressed skepticism about the idea behind the technique, calling it a “dumb idea.” “The chemistry of alcohol is such that there is essentially no blood-brain barrier for alcohol … so what is in your lungs or blood is the same amount, typically, as what’s in your brain,” he said. “With marijuana or any other drug, we can’t do that. We have no idea what's in the brain based on some measure in your mouth or in your lungs.” He said the THC doesn't transport itself along the blood-brain barrier like alcohol, so what’s in the breath probably doesn't represent what’s in the brain.

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The company doesn’t yet know if the breathalyzer can detect if someone ate a marijuana product recently.

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Colombia has long been identified with U.S.-backed policies to eradicate narcotics production and a sharp decline in levels of violence over the past 15 years is largely attributed to the no-tolerance policing.

Proponents of the new approach say as many as 400,000 Colombians suffering from epilepsy and other ailments could benefit from the clearer regulatory framework.

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A research team led by scientists at Imperial College London said that while normally the brain works on independent networks performing separate functions such as vision, movement and hearing, under LSD the separateness of these networks breaks down, leading to a more unified system.