Marijuana reclassification

[Jazzy]

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn't legalize it for recreational use.

The proposal would move marijuana from the “Schedule I” group to the less tightly regulated “Schedule III."

So what does that mean, and what are the implications?

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What are your thoughts on reclassification?

 

[Albion]

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn't legalize it for recreational use.

If that's the whole of the change, it probably will not have much of an effect. Some, yes, but not a lot and not immediately.

On the other hand, the source you linked us to (along with others I've seen) says that this will be a first step towards a looser policy concerning MJ use and sales, which is probably correct. When government moderates its policies towards anything like this, doing so almost always causes people then to push for the next step in that same direction.

 

[Stravinsk]

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn't legalize it for recreational use.

The proposal would move marijuana from the “Schedule I” group to the less tightly regulated “Schedule III."

So what does that mean, and what are the implications?

Continue reading

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What are your thoughts on reclassification?

My thoughts is that it should be put on par (not Classified) with alcohol and tobacco. There also should be no restriction on adult recreational use. It's one of those heights of hypocrisy to me that someone takes a "moral stance" against Cannabis because someone might purposely use it to get "high" or relax but is just fine with alcohol being used for the exact same reason. Especially so when alcohol is a poison and Cannabis is not. Nicotine is a poison. Caffeine is a poison. It takes far less of these substances to kill a person than THC or CBD does. Sheesh. Our world is indeed backwards, but there are reasons:

Cannabis, unlike the others, isn't addictive.
It replaces a lot of harmful medicines.

Smell $$? America's God? That's why.

 

[Albion]

My thoughts is that it should be put on par (not Classified) with alcohol and tobacco. There also should be no restriction on adult recreational use. It's one of those heights of hypocrisy to me that someone takes a "moral stance" against Cannabis because someone might purposely use it to get "high" or relax but is just fine with alcohol being used for the exact same reason. Especially so when alcohol is a poison and Cannabis is not. Nicotine is a poison. Caffeine is a poison. It takes far less of these substances to kill a person than THC or CBD does. Sheesh. Our world is indeed backwards, but there are reasons:

However, the mind-altering ingredient in MJ lasts for weeks, With Alcohol, the effect upon judgment, vision, coordination, etc. normally only lasts for hours. As we used to say, "he's sleeping it off."

That matters when it comes to traffic accidents and similar doings that endanger the public. (Of course, indulging in either substance can produce a serious long-term impact on the body of a user, but that's another story.)

 

[Stravinsk]

However, the mind-altering ingredient in MJ lasts for weeks, With Alcohol, the effect upon judgment, vision, coordination, etc. normally only lasts for hours. As we used to say, "he's sleeping it off."

Yes, cannabinoids (which by the way, are also present in other food substances other than Cannabis) stay in the body for weeks, because *they are meant to*. The human body has an innate Cannabinoid system. This doesn't mean one is "high" for weeks. This is ridiculous.

Alcohol, on the other other hand, is a poison. Which is why the body rallies vitamins and minerals to get it out of the body as fast as it can.

That matters when it comes to traffic accidents and similar doings that endanger the public. (Of course, indulging in either substance can produce a serious long-term impact on the body of a user, but that's another story.)

False association. I take it you've never used Cannabis recreationally? I used to smoke it every day as a young man going to High School. Why would I, if I could just smoke it one day and be high for weeks? lol