Richard Nixon Odered Cannabis' Permanent Schedule I Status.

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16. Actually, it is.

The overwhelming facts point to the complete lack of scientific justification for Cannabis to be a Schedule I drug. The Obama administration has not only made NO move to remove it as a Schedule I drug, it has been responsible for a dramatic increase in MM dispensary busts. I understand why he feels it's the politically expedient thing to do (though I'm convinced he's wrong about that) what I don't understand is the increased dispensary busts other than it was low-hanging fruit and more attempts to appease the right.

This is NOT a partisan issue -- it's about keeping something illegal that has absolutely no business being illegal in the first place. Made illegal by, SURPRISE! big-moneyed special interests who had competing interests in logging and other industries. The method by which they made it illegal used racist terminology (it's why we use the term "marijuana" instead of cannabis), scare tactics, and yellow journalism.

It continues to be illegal because. SURPRISE! big-moneyed special interests who have competing interests AND cottage industry spin-offs such as law enforcement and the prison industry have every interest in ensuring it stays a Schedule I.

Putting people in prison for a relatively benign plant is not good for the country, it's good for certain very large industries. And We the People of this country need to start standing up for things that are blatantly wrong, regardless of politics, or we truly are lost as a nation.