“I cannot understand why, in the [United] States, cannabis is under Schedule I,” Sanchez said. “It is pretty obvious not only from our work, but from work from many other researchers, that the plant has very wide therapeutic potential.”
I can explain why: because Democrats have historically been scared of being called "soft on
___" by the fundamentalist, neo-fascist Republicans so they rarely take a stand on important issues unless pushed to do so by a grassroots movement. In other words, because they are being selfish politicians. Plus they take money from anti-marijuana groups such as police and prison guard unions, not to mention the lawyers who make so much money from the drug war.
It is beyond a shadow of a doubt that marijuana has medical uses and should be re-scheduled but the law enforcement complex would turn against democratic politicians, so the Democratic pols do exactly jack shit as far as the right thing. The evidence is overwhelming: for God's sake, ALABAMA is about to legalize medical marijuana for children having seizures! The federal government, run by a man who said he would make decisions based on science, is being outflanked by Alabama, amazingly enough.
Read the drug scheduling. Marijuana should be schedule V, if that.
It should be same as coffee and alcohol: legal. Researchers in America are severely inhibited by the drug war game the prison industrial complex and their politician puppets perpetuates.
As a lifelong Democrat who is very happy with the Obama administration for what they've done in CO and WA, or what they haven't done regarding enforcement of federal laws, I ask respectfully: PLEASE RESCHEDULE MARIJUANA. STOP THE POLITICKING AND DO THE RIGHT THING. Maybe you'll win the midterms if you do. Plus it will help you with the stupid repub bills where they're bitching about the federal law trumping states rights (yea amazingly enough they say that with a straight face).
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