Rescheduling Marijuana is Not a Magic Bullet

[Panich52]

Drug Policy Alliance

Rescheduling Marijuana is Not a Magic Bullet

Some people are asking if President Obama will reschedule marijuana before he leaves office, and whether the marijuana reform movement should make rescheduling a major priority. Although rescheduling would be huge politically - the federal government finally admitting marijuana has medical value - rescheduling wouldn't actually help patients in the short term.

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[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Put it in the same schedule as alcohol and tobacco.

[immoderate]

3. Or maybe a level below...

--imm

[djean111]

2. Our Attorney General does not believe marijuana should be legal.

I don't know how much influence she would have on this -

To these ends, DPA supports the de-scheduling, or complete removal, of marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act and its regulation for adult consumption in a manner similar to alcohol. De-scheduling can only occur through Congressional action.

If marijuana is rescheduled instead of descheduled, then that should be done as part of broader reform. That reform should include removing barriers to research and changing the Controlled Substances Act to exempt people in compliance with their state marijuana laws from federal arrest and prosecution.

[Le Taz Hot]

4. Just legalize it already.

No FDA. Problem solved. Meanwhile, the states will be resolving this issue on their own.

[jwirr]

5. I am for rescheduling because it may be the one thing he can do without the congress.

[Romulox]

6. Oh well. Best to keep imprisoning people for ingesting a harmless plant, then. nt

[msongs]

7. feds must protect for profit prisons and the bloated DEA/LEO bureaucracy at an cost nt