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Jewbutca

In case some of you did not know, the specific law that makes marijuana illegal is called the Controlled Substance Act. Marijuana apparently is considered a Schedule I drug, which is the most regulated (and most illegal) a drug can be. This list of Schedule I drugs also includes: meth, cocaine and heroine.

In order for a drug or substance to qualify as a Schedule I drug, it must meet the following requirements:

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

When looking at these requirements, two other things come to mind for me...Alcohol and tobacco

If marijuana is to be considered a Schedule I drug, why aren't these also on the list? Both alcohol and tobacco meet all three of the requirements, and yet they are still legal. Obviously there are people who abuse both substances, neither have currently accepted medical use and there is definitely a lack of safety while using either one, whether under medical supervision or not. In fact, my doctors have told me the worst thing I could do for my body is to continue smoking cigarettes. When I asked him about the use of marijuana, he not only agreed that it should be legal but he even started telling me about his personal experience with it in college! Cracked me up

I wouldn't want tobacco nor alcohol to be illegal as well, but I feel that it should be "all or nothing" when it comes to the legalization of drugs like alcohol, tobacco or marijuana. Actually I'd prefer that marijuana be legal no matter what

If you want to find out more about the Controlled Substances Act, check out Wikipedia at:

Controlled Substances Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Peace,
Jew

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joshpackr

Cocaine is schedule 2, not schedule 1.

Buzzby

Meth is a Schedule II drug. I had a prescription for Desoxyn (methamphetamine) for my narcolepsy.

"Heroine" is not a Schedule I drug, although heroin is.

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Jewbutca

My bad, I was looking at the wrong info, but thanks for the correction. I still think it's all B.S. though...

NoobMcGee

I brought this up over at the gardenscure on one of the news topics. Marinol is an FDA approved drug, which therefore means THC does have medical benefits, whether the Feds want to admit it or not. This should automaticlly drop weed to a schedule 2 drug. Have there been any court cases that assert this POV?

 

troublemaker_42

Actually, marinol, or synthetic THC, is used as an argument as to WHY marijuana, in its raw form, continues to be schedule 1. The argument goes that with synthetic THC available in pill form, theres no need for smokable marijuana to be used as medicine. What this fails to address is the people who cannot hold food (or pills) down, or the benefits of other cannabinoids, since marinol only contains THC. Smokable marijuana provides nearly instantaneous effects, and dosage is easily gauged. Marinol is limited in its effectiveness, but is often pointed to when people wonder why weed is illegal for medical purposes.

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Merry-juana

Oh My Goodness!!!! I just found on erowid that methamphetamine is a schedual 2 drug!!!
How can meth be schedual 2 and weed be schedual 1 !?!?!?!? Meth is widely known as the worlds most dangerous drug, and now they have weed on an harsher schedual than METH!?!?!: wtf:

Buzzby

No, because it's irrelevant. THC, one of the chemicals in marijuana, is a legal prescription drug. That's not sufficient reason, as far as the FDA is concerned, to declare whole marijuana a legal prescription drug. Their argument is that a plant can't provide a standardized dosage of the "active ingredient" and other factors make it a "dangerous drug".

Methamphetamine has been used to treat narcolepsy for a long time. I used it in that manner for a couple of years. At one time it was used as an appetite suppressant for weight loss.

In therapeutic doses, it is neither dangerous nor addictive. Tweakers use many times the therapeutic dose. Many legitimate prescription drugs share that property. You can take one Vicodin to relieve the pain of a tooth extraction or you can take six and risk suppressing your breathing reflex.

NoobMcGee

If thats the case why isn't cocaine schedule 1? That answer is dodgy at best.

Buzzby

Cocaine is a local anesthetic used in eye surgery, nose surgery, and for other delicate surgeries. It isn't prescribed directly to patients but is available to surgeons. If it were Schedule I, surgeons couldn't use it.

In line with your original question, coca leaves are also Schedule II. Why that is, is a good question.