By "Radical" Russ Belville on February 26, 2009
Or has he? Do you think there will still be a raid in the future, under the excuse of “stopping criminal traffickers”?
Have we finally entered a new era where marijuana will flourish?
Is this the beginning of the end?
Feel free to discuss in the comments. :smokin:
Posted in LEGISLATION, SCIENCE, SOCIETY | Tagged DEA, DEA Raids, dispensaries, Eric Holder, Virtual Bowl
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Schedule I
* 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.
As the first part of the definiton states, ” The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse”.
Well obviously marijuana has a “high potential” for abuse, when you deprive a person of anything that they may enjoy, then potential for abuse is created.
“The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.”
Marijuana was placed on that list without having any scientific study completed on how dangerous the drug actually is. Being categorized as a Schedule I drug also makes it difficult to start any studies that would allow us to learn just how beneficial the drug is for medicinal purposes. According to the governments definition, marijuana can no longer be considered a Schedule I drug because 13 states and D.C have approved its use for medicinal purposes. Technically by law, considering marijuana no longer meets all three criteria, one could beat a marijuana charge if they are charged in violation of a Schedule I narcotic.
“There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.”
A lack of accepted safety. Well this is a no-brainer, obviously there is “a lack of accepted safety for this drug”. It is illegal, how would one expect accepted safety on something that isn’t even allowed by law let alone socially acceptable due to being illegal. I’m sure when the automobile first came into existence that there was a “lack of accepted safety”.
Philosoweed
We not only survived a tyrannical DEA and president for 8 years (and blatant tyranny for decades prior) we did it coming out of it in a pro-marijuana state — from the intense state of being hard on marijuana, to the largest list of pro-cannabis legislation to date. In fact, the prohibitionists aren’t even attempting to circumvent state medical marijuana laws (or at least not much), because they know they would lose, and piss off constituents in the process. And we have stayed civil abroad, which speaks volumes about marijuana’s assumed dangers. Good job, guys.
If this policy sticks it will undermined the argument that state “X” can’t bring in medicinal cannabis because it is against federal law.
maybe states which are close to having enough voter support to pass medicinal cannabis will finally be able to do it.