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Title: Marijuana a Schedule 1 Drug! (Marijuana Is Classified With Heroin and Cocaine) Are you Kidding me?
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Lew Rockwell
URL Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/01/ ... ified-with-heroin-and-cocaine/
Published: Jan 26, 2015
Author: Dom Armentano
Post Date: 2015-01-26 05:23:28 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 8806
Comments: 36
The production, trade, and consumption of marijuana (cannabis) by adults should be perfectly legal. Period. Yet having said that, the U.S. has a long history of drug restriction begining with the Harrison Narcotics Act (1914) which regulated many so-called “hard” drugs. Interestingly marijuana was excluded from the law. At the state level, Massachusetts enacted the first statewide cannabis prohibition in 1911 followed by California in 1913. Prohibitions soon spread throughout New England and then to most of the country by the early 1930s. The general public hostility to marijuana use (nurtured by media hyperbole) climaxed with the passage of the federal Marijuana Tax Act in 1937. The prohibitions against marijuana were expanded in 1970 when Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) which classified cannabis as a “Schedule 1” drug (like heroin). Schedule 1 drugs, supposedly, are those with “no accepted medical use” have a “high potential for abuse” and lack any “safety” profile. Ironically a provision in the CSA called for the creation of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (known as the Shafer Report) which concluded (1972) that marijuana use was not dangerous or harmful and should be decriminalized. That recommendation went nowhere. Indeed, the Congress did the exact opposite; they legislated the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 1973 and the so-called “War on Drugs” began with a vengeance under President Nixon. Since the late 1970s, however, regulatory attitudes toward cannabis have shifted markedly. Despite the strict federal prohibition, various states have permitted (through legislation or constitutional amendment) the consumption of small amounts of marijuana for recreational and medical purposes. A recent tabulation finds that at least 23 states have some sort of a medical marijuana law (Florida’s proposed constitutional amendment in 2014 on medical cannabis did not pass) while several others have either decriminalized pot use and/or “legalized” it (e.g., Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington). There are, of course, several important political problems with all of this. The first and foremost, as I stated earlier, is that the production, trade, and consumption of drugs by adults should be perfectly legal. In a constitutional republic like the U.S. with a strong tradition of respect for individual rights, there is (or ought to be) a strong “presumption of liberty.”This means that adults should be free to engage in ANY personal activity or exchange as long as fundamental rights are not violated. And it is not obvious that smoking or growing cannabis violates any fundamental rights; indeed, a general prohibition on such activity always reduces the scope of rights. Second, the attempts by some states to legalize” majijuana, while laudatory, fall far short of any genuine “free market. Some states only permit marijuana use for strictly “medical” purposes; in addition, even in those states which have “legalized” majijuana, the language and regulation in the laws and constitutional amendments has often proved arbitrary and unworkable. As a consquence, the production and consumption parameters for cannabis in most of the states that have attempted to liberalize the strict federal prohibition are still fairly narrow to say the least. A third problem is that federal and state policies toward marijuana are now in irrevocable conflict. Cannabis is an illegal product under federal law and federal law can, under certain circumstances, trump state law. In theory at least, the current Justice Department and DEA (or any new Administration in 1916) could legally challenge all marijuana liberalization at the state level. On the other hand, the Congress has recently instructed the Obama Administration that it will not authorize funds for any general federal interference with state deregulation of marijuana. Nonetheless, major public policy ambiguities persist and there is still no general “rule of law” on cannabis especially with respect to any wide-spread commercialization. A principled and practical first step toward a more rational majijuana policy is to end the federal Schedule 1 classification for marijuana. The original classification was put in place without any medical science whatever. But this is now 2015 and more than four decades have passed to allow a more sober and informed judgment. Politicians and law enforcement officials who assert that we can’t move forward on this issue until there are more cannabis “studies” are sadly misinformed. There have now been thousands of (medical) journal articles evaluating various aspects of the safety and therapeutic efficacy of cannabis. Indeed, the plant has been studied far more than most drugs approved by the FDA. For example, an analysis of several of the most important clinical cannabis trials published recently in the peer-reviewed Open Neurology Journal (2012) concluded that “based on evidence currently available the Schedule 1 classification for cannabis is not tenable.” I agree. Ending Schedule 1 (which can be done by the Attorney General, Congress or by an executive order) would go a long way toward allowing states to enact more rational and common sense public policies toward marijuana.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
It must have a serious hold of some kind on you, considering how obsessed you and other asswholes are with legalizing and using it.
I and many others believe that the government does not own me or my body and therefore has no right to decide what I may or may not put into it. Does the government own your body Robert? Oh, BTW : ...a provision in the CSA called for the creation of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (known as the Shafer Report) which concluded (1972) that marijuana use was not dangerous or harmful and should be decriminalized.
Not if I can avoid it. And neither does Marajana.
This issue is currently being heard in Federal District Court in the Eastern District of California before Federal Judge Kimberly Mueller.
Too bad---its being legalized and for good reason. We can't afford to jail millions of people for a ubiquitous weed. We've had 100 years of a drug war with nothing to show. Time is up!
We cannot afford to jail millions of people for being in this country illegally. We’ve had many, many years to close the border with nothing to show. Is time up for this also….should we give it up and admit defeat? Your analogy stinks and your ignorance continues.
Deport them, numskull!
The Mexican drug cartels thank you for your continued support in the War on Drugs.
But we can afford to give them welfare, drivers licenses etc. You sound like a Bush or Hillary supporter. Bush and Hillary have so much in common with you.
It was an analogy not a belief ! Are you on pot - drugs !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
Are you on pot - drugs ! Anyone who would vote for Bush is either on drugs, a moron, evil. Would you vote for Bush?
you're a neodopocom ! Water - inanimate - polluted water ... seeks its own level --- I see the drift around here !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
Can you answer the question in English?
Were you going to rewire your house 12 volts ! do you have a reading - thinking - associating problem !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
I'll wait until you're not stoned anymore. This thread is not about 12 volts. Get back to me when you can say it in a way a speaker of the English language can understand.
Don't project - mud sling - food fight - insult with me ! Save it for your baby sitting reject friends - clients ! You're way outta my league ! I'm going to blow this kool aid stand !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
Elizabeth Warren (( commie bitch )) vs Scott Walker who would you vote for ! Oh - neocons ... fiscal responsibility - national security - business success - sobriety --- they - neocoms don't like it !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
And yet all across the country people harm their bodies with illegal recreational drugs and expect, nay demand, that the government pay for it. Given that FACT, it seems to me that the government should be able to minimize their costs by making those drugs illegal.
Right on, sister! STAY OUT OF OUR WOMBS!
Boy are you in for a rude awakening. "We can't afford to jail millions of people for 'ubiquitous' <-(is that a real word?) weed? When the use of this weed trickles down and begins to affect innocent children, in one form or another, this government will find many ways of tormenting users. Huge fines, taking children from homes and family too high to care for them, underage children caught eating weed treats, children who die from overdoses, accidents and death caused by high drivers...etc...jmho!
("We sing about God because we believe in Him. We are not trying to offend anybody, but the evidence that we have seen of Him in our small little lives trumps your opinion about whether or not He exists". ~ Jeff Foxworthy)
Ah but they could decide that anybody on them ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER. Oh wait never mind that would put a permanent end to the Drug Wars. Silly me.
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Native Americans (/s) are Commie bitches?????????
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Boy are you in for a rude awakening. The best evidence of the result of pot usage can be found by seriously examining the condition of the societies or subcultures in which it is used to any extent.
If this were still a civilized nation...I would agree with you.
("We sing about God because we believe in Him. We are not trying to offend anybody, but the evidence that we have seen of Him in our small little lives trumps your opinion about whether or not He exists". ~ Jeff Foxworthy)
The wide use of drugs, legal and illegal, allows us to live psychologically distanced and oblivious from the deterioration I've seen in the last over five decades.
Get a load of this: http://matadornetwork.com/nights/guide-to-smoking-pot- around-the-world/ "We all know about the Netherlands. It is legal to buy and smoke herb in the Netherlands, in amounts up to five grams per person per day. People regularly smoke in public parks and anywhere else they can find a bench and a view. In the Netherlands, one notices that tourists (especially American tourists) go a little overboard and smoke their way into oblivion".
("We sing about God because we believe in Him. We are not trying to offend anybody, but the evidence that we have seen of Him in our small little lives trumps your opinion about whether or not He exists". ~ Jeff Foxworthy)
The Border situation is not analogous to the drug situation. American pot consumers don't want or like inferior Mexican brick seedy weed when Americans produce a far superior product.
California leads the nation in cannabis sales, according to The Economist. The publication recently crunched the numbers and determined that pot sales in the Golden State amounted to $1.127 billion dollars in 2014. Pat yourselves on the back.
Yea, sure... Wink...Wink!!!
Right! *Snicker* Border Patrol agents seize $332,000 in marijuana over the weekend.
Uh...okay. Cough...cough!!!
Good for them Gatlin. As far as I'm concerned they can arrest all the drug smugglers and illegals coming in. Stop trying to link me to California too. I totally disavow this horrible state. I'm not a Californian and California can go to hell.
Too bad Gatlin---23 states have now legalized pot in one way or another and
more is coming at the federal level too. The TV is now chock full of pot shows
and i even hear pot ads on conservative talk radio.
Native Americans (/s) are Commie bitches????????? She's after those ... pale face --- neocon scalps ! She can be the libertarian ... 2nd coming neocom messiah --- because shillary is fading fast now !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
Boris Bong Fauxahontis, hope, change, a boot in the ass with an Indian moccasin. It's change, enjoy!
Marijuana a Schedule 1 Drug! (Marijuana Is Classified With Heroin and Cocaine) Are you Kidding me?
#2. To: rlk (#1)
It must have a serious hold of some kind on you, considering how obsessed you and other asswholes are with legalizing and using it.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
(Edited)
Does the government own your body Robert?
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
#5. To: rlk (#1)
#6. To: TEA Party Reveler, rlk (#5)
We've had 100 years of a drug war with nothing to show. Time is up!
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#7. To: TEA Party Reveler, rlk (#5)
Too bad--- We can't afford to jail millions of people for a ubiquitous weed. We've had 100 years of a drug war with nothing to show. Time is up!
#8. To: Gatlin, *Border Invasion* (#7)
We cannot afford to jail millions of people for being in this country illegally.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#9. To: Gatlin (#7)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#10. To: Gatlin (#7)
We cannot afford to jail millions of people for being in this country illegally. We’ve had many, many years to close the border with nothing to show.
#11. To: A K A Stone (#10)
#12. To: BorisY (#11)
It was an analogy not a belief !
#13. To: A K A Stone (#12)
(Edited)
#14. To: BorisY (#13)
#15. To: A K A Stone (#14)
#16. To: BorisY (#15)
#17. To: A K A Stone (#16)
#18. To: A K A Stone (#12)
#19. To: Deckard (#2)
"I and many others believe that the government does not own me or my body and therefore has no right to decide what I may or may not put into it."
#20. To: rlk (#3)
#21. To: TEA Party Reveler, rlk (#5)
(Edited)
Too bad---its being legalized and for good reason. We can't afford to jail millions of people for a ubiquitous weed. We've had 100 years of a drug war with nothing to show. Time is up!
#22. To: Deckard (#2)
I and many others believe that the government does not own me or my body and therefore has no right to decide what I may or may not put into it.
#23. To: BorisY (#18)
Elizabeth Warren (( commie bitch ))
#24. To: Murron (#21)
Too bad---its being legalized and for good reason. We can't afford to jail millions of people for a ubiquitous weed. We've had 100 years of a drug war with nothing to show. Time is up!
#25. To: rlk (#24)
The best evidence of the result of pot usage can be found by seriously examining the condition of the societies or subcultures in which it is used to any extent.
#26. To: Murron (#25)
If this were still a civilized nation...I would agree with you.
#27. To: rlk (#26)
#28. To: Gatlin (#7)
#29. To: TEA Party Reveler (#28)
#30. To: TEA Party Reveler (#28)
American pot consumers don't want or like inferior Mexican brick seedy weed when Americans produce a far superior product.
#31. To: TEA Party Reveler (#28)
American pot consumers don't want or like inferior Mexican brick seedy weed when Americans produce a far superior product.
#32. To: TEA Party Reveler (#28)
American pot consumers don't want or like inferior Mexican brick seedy weed when Americans produce a far superior product.
#33. To: Gatlin (#32)
#34. To: Gatlin (#32)
#35. To: CZ82. hondope, canary posse (#23)
Elizabeth Warren (( commie bitch ))
#36. To: BorisY, BongHit Boris, Hope Dope Canaries (#35)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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