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In reply to the discussion: Federal: NEW Measure Introduced To Reschedule Marijuana [View all]Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)4. schedule 1 drugs have no medical use
schedule 2 drugs do, that means more doctors will feel free to prescribe them and can also perform research into their efficacy. Something they couldn't do before.
The only legal research into cannabis is documenting it's "harm", because you can't "ethically" study a substance that has no medicinal value.
one less catch 22
Thats why meth and strong opiates are schedule 2.
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It came from me being a pretentious 16 year old getting all into the internet in the mid 90s.
phleshdef
May 2014
#33
No. When you have momentum on an issue, you ride it. Besides, in addition
Ed Suspicious
May 2014
#29