For more than 50 years, various drug products as well as “dozens of controlled substances”, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin and everything in the middle, have been given a shoe-hing in five legal “programs”, according to various criteria prescribed in federal law. While some of these classifications are understood, others do not. Marijuana (technically, tetrahydroocainabinols or THC, which is the operative chemical in the marijuana plant) falls in the latter category – and perhaps it is time to re -see this aspect of the “controlled material program”.
THC is currently classified at the highest level, namely, as a schedule I have controlled the controlled substance – equal to heroin and LSD and “” “”Currently no medical use has been accepted. , Even those of us who do not think of entertaining marijuana, are a good idea that the current schedule is absurd and erases the institutional trust.
Frankly, this is the time to revive cannabis, where it is – Schedule III – which will still limit its availability, but will also allow for extended medical research in medical uses of the drug and will also restore general knowledge for federal drug policy.
Most people certainly recognize that cannabis – whoever thinks that it should have a legal position – cry far away from heroin and is not in the same enforcement category. In contrast, even cocaine is less restricted, which is classified as Schedule II. As if a person who cares about the rule of law, I know how much it is insidious to maintain such clearly fruitless rules. It reduces the widespread reliability of federal drug schedules.
This discrepancy is complicated by reality that a large part of states – 40 states, three regions, and Columbia District – Currently identify medical uses for cannabis. In other words, most states now refute the federal situation that there is no “no approved medical use” for cannabis. This stress can be solved to a large extent to legalize recreational use at the federal level. American drug enforcement administration defines Schedule III drugs as a moderate capacity for physical and psychological dependence. Schedule III currently contains anabolic steroids, testosterone and ketamine to keep some names. Canbis will fit more sensible in that list.
Reconstruction cannabis is not just a bureaucratic reshuffle. Its Schedule I condition creates major obstacles for researchers and doctors desirous of studying potential medical uses. In addition, this burden makes red tape that slows down scientific progress.
It is not demonstrated that marijuana may not have any medical value. It has been used effectively to help patients with epilepsy, chronic pain, PTSD and chemotherapy-induced nausea. The perception that there is no known medical use for the cannabis and cannabis-ritual drugs is clearly chronic.
As a conservative, I have always admitted that cutting the regulator red tape leads to economic growth. This will be a case for renovation cannabis; A direct change will support over 440,000 existing jobs and open the door for future development. This will lead to more American jobs in research and medicine, generate medical successes and promote the economy.
If the Trump administration proceeds with the renovation of cannabis, it is important that they do it correctly. I have spent enough time in Washington to find out that such a change in a universal spending bill is not the answer. Nor is an executive order the right vehicle for this policy shift, as the renovation can be easily undone by the future administration.
Instead, the federal government should resume cannabis through the official rules process, including the Drug Enforcement Administration and Justice Department in coordination with the White House and other executive branch stakeholders.
Taking a purposeful view of the current cannabis policy landscape, it is clear that both scientific and cultural approaches about marijuana have moved dramatically in recent years. It is time for the federal government to catch. A Schedule III renovating marijuana for controlled substances is an important but fine way to do so without legalizing drug bulk.
Ultimately, Canbis is a drug that can have real medical benefits and uses further research on its medical warrant. Reconstructing marijuana for a more intelligent classification will help unlocked new research, new jobs and restore federal drug laws to restore reliability.
Bob Barr represented the 7th district of Georgia in the US House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He first served as an Attorney of the United States in Atlanta from 1986 to 1990 and was an officer with CIA in the 1970s. He now practices law in Atlanta, serves as the head of the Liberty Guard, and is an immediate previous president of the National Rifle Association of America.
