Timothy Egan: Give Pot a Chance

[RainDog]

16. I would like to see it removed entirely from the Drug Schedule

of the Controlled Substances Act.

Doing this would allow other nations and the U.S. to regulate it like alcohol without having to go through some tedious Congressional b.s. sessions.

We and the rest of the world already have enough evidence to indicate cannabis does not belong as a Schedule I substance - and the reality is that it's no different than nutmeg, as far as its psychotropic possibilities vs. its capacity for harm.