11/9 the day legal pot died

cat of curiosity

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I posted this thread now so that all the trump supports can go on record & we can talk about it next year

pm me....;-)
for the record, i am disgusted by this whole fiasco. everyone i voted for was the best for potentially legalizing pot in my area. i'm not leaving my home, but it would be nice to not have to look over my shoulder for doing something that is illegal for me, and legal for others...
 
Forget about the decriminalization of marijuana for a moment and think about this; according to the D.E.A website. the criteria for a Schedule 1 drug are as follows.

(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.

(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

So where are the studies that show that alcohol does not have a “high potential for abuse?” What “currently accepted medical use” does it have? I have never been offered alcohol while in the hospital, nor have I ever been prescribed it.

Why isn’t alcohol a Schedule 1 drug and perhaps more importantly why is it not scheduled at all? It’s not even a Schedule V drug – their lowest level. Not on it at all.

Is it just about the money it generates; or is it that we as a society are willing to accept a pretty high level of pain in our pursuit of intoxication? Did I mention the most deadly substance abused is not on the list either – tobacco.

Like many things human, there seems to be no logical answer.

• 5% of all deaths from diseases of the circulatory system are attributed to alcohol.
• 15% of all deaths from diseases of the respiratory system are attributed to alcohol.
• 30% of all deaths from accidents caused by fire and flames are attributed to alcohol.
• 30% of all accidental drownings are attributed to alcohol.
• 30% of all suicides are attributed to alcohol.
• 40% of all deaths due to accidental falls are attributed to alcohol.
• 45% of all deaths in automobile accidents are attributed to alcohol.
• 60% of all homicides are attributed to alcohol

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NLXSK1

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Forget about the decriminalization of marijuana for a moment and think about this; according to the D.E.A website. the criteria for a Schedule 1 drug are as follows.

(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.

(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

So where are the studies that show that alcohol does not have a “high potential for abuse?” What “currently accepted medical use” does it have? I have never been offered alcohol while in the hospital, nor have I ever been prescribed it.

Why isn’t alcohol a Schedule 1 drug and perhaps more importantly why is it not scheduled at all? It’s not even a Schedule V drug – their lowest level. Not on it at all.

Is it just about the money it generates; or is it that we as a society are willing to accept a pretty high level of pain in our pursuit of intoxication? Did I mention the most deadly substance abused is not on the list either – tobacco.

Like many things human, there seems to be no logical answer.

• 5% of all deaths from diseases of the circulatory system are attributed to alcohol.
• 15% of all deaths from diseases of the respiratory system are attributed to alcohol.
• 30% of all deaths from accidents caused by fire and flames are attributed to alcohol.
• 30% of all accidental drownings are attributed to alcohol.
• 30% of all suicides are attributed to alcohol.
• 40% of all deaths due to accidental falls are attributed to alcohol.
• 45% of all deaths in automobile accidents are attributed to alcohol.
• 60% of all homicides are attributed to alcohol

http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.html#pbid=a637d53c5c0a43c7bf4e342886b9d8b0&ec=w5MjlxbjpLDonH49voRJG8ylgyBI0SZx&docUrl=http://discoveringalcoholic.com/why-isnt-alcohol-a-schedule-i-drug/
Based on the above 3 it should be de-scheduled. It does not have a safety component (except it makes idiots stupider) and does have medical use. What would it take to get it de-scheduled?
 

schuylaar

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Sky, please list the patents you are worried about, and their creation and expiration dates. Then please explain the basis of the patents? Hysteria is never a good argument, unless you are talking to morons who need no convincing.

Natural living things cannot be patented. A new method to grow them, or a genetic enhancement to them can be patented.
Tell that to the US government.

Just google it DD, there are too many pages.
 

londonfog

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LOL!!! Trump cant be bought. A guy runs one third of government now, not some bought and paid politician. Hopefully he can make something of it.
Whats your view with Trump position on the Dodd-Frank Act. How do you think this hurt or help you.
I know your dumb ass is clueless to what I'm asking so I will give you a few to read up on it
 

doublejj

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"Legal pot" & ignoring federal law is a big part of Obamas legacy......Trump will crush it.....because he can
 
Federal law grants power to the US Attorney General to reclassify a controlled substance if the available scientific evidence no longer supports that drug’s classification. In practice, however, this power has been delegated to the DEA (who could lose funding if mariuana is legalized), with input from both FDA and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Federal law also allows third parties to petition these agencies to consider reclassifying controlled substances.

Reclassifying the pot plant from I to II (or even to schedule III) continues to misrepresent the plant’s safety relative to other controlled substances such as methamphetamine (schedule II), anabolic steroids (schedule III), or alcohol (unscheduled), and fails to provide states with the ability to fully regulate it free from federal interference.

In addition, the sort of gold-standard, large-scale, long-term Phase III safety and efficacy trials that are typically necessary prior to bringing therapeutic drugs to market are prohibitively expensive. As a result, trials of this kind are typically funded by private pharmaceutical companies aspiring to bring a new product to market. In some cases, the federal government may assist in sharing these costs, such as was the case with the research and development of the synthetic THC pill Marinol (dronabinol). However, political reality dictates that neither entity is likely to pony up the tens of millions of dollars necessary to conduct such trials assessing the efficacy of herbal cannabis any time soon, if ever, regardless of the plant’s federal scheduling

This is not to say that rescheduling cannabis would not have any positive tangible effects. At a minimum, it would bring an end to the federal government’s longstanding intellectual dishonesty that marijuana ‘lacks accepted medical use.’ It would also likely permit banks and other financial institutions to work with state-compliant marijuana-related businesses, and permit employers in the cannabis industry to take tax deductions similar to those enjoyed by other businesses. Rescheduling would also likely bring some level of relief to federal employees subject to random workplace drug testing for off-the-job cannabis consumption.

But ultimately, such a change would do little to significantly loosen federal prohibition or to make herbal cannabis readily accessible for clinical study. These goals can arguably only be accomplished by federally decsheduling cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol and tobacco, such as is proposed by US Senate Bill 2237, The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act and by H.R.1013 - Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act.


Bernie Sanders' bill has no cosponsors, a year after proposal.
After Tuesday’s election, one in five Americans will live in a state where recreational marijuana is legal. Time for the federal government to catch up.
 
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