- 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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Despite such ballot measures and multiple studies showing medicinal benefits, marijuana nevertheless remains on Schedule I, effective across all U.S. states and territories.
Opioid deaths down. But only in places where bud is legal. Probably because it has no medical value.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Aside from corporate concerns or government folks living the good life, I have no idea why marijuana is considered so bad.
Most of the cops I know believe it should be legal. They're of the mind that it would reduce street crime, allow them to focus on more important things, reduce jail populations of folks who don't belong there, and wouldn't be more harmful in public hands than alcohol. They also add, "Who can't get pot right now if they want it?"
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Surgeon General says DEA and FDA are completely, utterly, 100% full of shit liars. Since both those organizations are beyond reproach due to their critical role in the Holy Crusade on Chemistry, I expect zero actual change.
On today’s CBS This Morning Murthy said, “We have some preliminary data showing that for certain medical conditions and symptoms, that marijuana can be helpful. I think that we have to use that data to drive policymaking.”
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
