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Eighteen members of Congress are asking President Barack Obama, who recently
said smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol, to end
marijuana's classification as one of the nation's most dangerous
narcotics.
Marijuana is currently a “Schedule I” drug, meaning the federal
government considers it to have high potential for abuse and no accepted medical
value.
Obama’s favorable comparison of marijuana to alcohol in a
January New Yorker interview, in which he also
reiterated his pot use as a youth, thrilled
pro-marijuana activists. But his reluctance to promptly order his
attorney general, Eric Holder, to reschedule pot accordingly is a frustration to
the same policy reformers.
“You said that you don’t believe marijuana is any more dangerous than
alcohol, a fully legalized substance, and believe it to be less dangerous ‘in
terms of its impact on the individual consumer,’” the members of Congress wrote
to Obama on Wednesday. “This is true. Marijuana, however, remains listed in the
federal Controlled Substances Act at Schedule I, the strictest classification,
along with heroin and LSD. This is a higher listing than cocaine and
methamphetamine, Schedule II substances that you gave as examples of harder
drugs. This makes no sense.”
The Controlled Substances Act of 1970, which created five tiers of restricted
drugs, says the
attorney general may "remove any drug or other substance from the schedules if
he finds that the drug or other substance does not meet the requirements for
inclusion in any schedule."
If a substance is banned by international treaties – as marijuana is – the
law grants the attorney general the power to place it "under the schedule he
deems most appropriate."
Seems the AG has the power to reclassify this as well as POTUS.
As usual, they pass the buck and want Congress to do this.
Since it's been said, Big Pharma has Congress in their pockets, time for POTUS to direct the change.
Big Pharma would rather have everyone in need to be addicted to opoids and then wonder why the Nation is highly addicted to drugs. Round and round we go.
Seems the AG has the power to reclassify this as well as POTUS.
As usual, they pass the buck and want Congress to do this.
Since it's been said, Big Pharma has Congress in their pockets, time for POTUS to direct the change.
Big Pharma would rather have everyone in need to be addicted to opoids and then wonder why the Nation is highly addicted to drugs. Round and round we go.
I think that would be one EO that I could support Obama on. And of course, since prohibition of cannabis is un-Constitutional in the first place.... well... it would appear that Obama or the AG wouldn't be doing anything wrong.
Soooo..... Reefer Madness crowd... Where again is that Constitutional Amendment put in place for prohibition of cannabis, and why didn't the government go through the proper channels, and the amendment process, like what was done for prohibition of alcohol? You don't have to answer, because you don't have one. We know why. Money, bribes, special interests. How convenient.
Law Enforcement gets millions of dollars to buy cool guns, armor and even mini tanks to combat it. Since it is the biggest "illegal" drug by far if they made it legal or rescheduled it they wouldnt get those shiny little toys anymore. Of course our police overlords want the "War on drugs" to continue. Wouldnt you like playing kickdoor and mini tanks against the african american underclass?
Seems the AG has the power to reclassify this as well as POTUS.
As usual, they pass the buck and want Congress to do this.
Since it's been said, Big Pharma has Congress in their pockets, time for POTUS to direct the change.
Big Pharma would rather have everyone in need to be addicted to opoids and then wonder why the Nation is highly addicted to drugs. Round and round we go.
It's a shame that is from last year.
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