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In reply to the discussion: Lawmakers clash with DEA officials over reclassifying marijuana [View all]Moral Compass
(1,517 posts)I love stories about illegal drugs. There is always something in them that represents the complete hysteria and superstition with which Western society approaches drug policy...
This story, has a calm tone to it and does accurately portray the statements by senior DEA officials as official lunacy.
But it still has a line in it that characterizes Schedule 1 drugs completely wrong.
Schedule 1 drugs are drugs with a very high abuse potential that have no known and accepted medical use. Specifically, a Schedule 1 classification is for drugs that authorities have deemed to be drugs that:
The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
The addictiveness of a drug isn't the main consideration for inclusion in Schedule 1.
LSD and ecstasy are not addictive. In fact, none of the psychedelics have been shown to be addictive.
The DEA should be dissolved. It is peopled with crazed zealots who refuse all facts.