The drug classification or scheduling list must be changed

[phytokind]

I know that everybody already knows that Cannabis is wrongly classified as a schedule I drug, but I was just looking through the list and saw that some drugs like crack and PCP are classified as schedule II and are therefore deemed less harmful! Has our government ever read a reseach paper or anything? I mean, at least I can understand from an anthropological aspect the motivations of the US culture that lead to the class I scheduling of Cannabis, but why in the world would they deem some of the most harmful substances to be less harmful? I also noticed that Marinol, or synthetic THC, is a class III substance! LSD also happens to be class III. There's also at least one powerful, and potentially quite dangerous and addictive tranquilizer that is a class IV drug. Hmmm. Well at least I now know that the drug scheduling system isn't based on any bonified scientific evidence. I also just noticed that some opiates are listed as some of the safest drugs.

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/scheduling.html

[Markass]

Marijuana isn't considered by the federal government as anything besides one of the worst things an individual can do. They're fucking stupid. And opiates are listed to be one of the safest drugs because they cost so much, therefore meaning that companies and the feds will be able to make mass profit from our continued suffering. What you're told is what you believe until you find out otherwise. I found out by smoking that it isn't bad in any way, but there's too many people who don't try for themselves and open their minds. That's why everyone who hasn't smoked still thinks that weed's bad. Because they don't look into it or try it themselves. They say it's bad, so it's definately bad. The government isn't working for us...they're working for themselves.

[newactivist]

That's crazy! I'm starting to believe what my parents always told me more and more. Watch what they do, not what they say, to get to the truth.

Think about it. The DEA can read a medical journal just like anyone else can. These are not unintelligent people. Therefore, they have to know that medical researchers do not agree with their position on marijuana and that it is very much a medicine. Therefore what they say doesn't jibe with what they do. In a fair and impartial system science would say it needs to be researched and/or prescribed and the DEA would allow these highly competent professionals to do their jobs. Yet we all know this isn't what happens.

How can they expect us to believe them when they are so obviously lying? It gives the "marijuana conspiracy" theorists a boost because what they are saying is the story that fits the facts.

[phytokind]

Yeah, and at least Britain has lowered their scheduling of marijuana to where it should be, as a mostly harmless substance. If Britain is our closest ally, and they recognize that marijuana is relatively safe, then why are our laws not updated? I presume that marijuana was initially listed as a schedule I substance like seventy years ago, but now we know for sure that it's not really harmful. The way I see it, it just gives the government absolute power over the millions of people who use it, and that's the only reason why it's still schedule I. I better go do some opiates and LSD now, because they're so much safer than marijuana :o

[Dutch Masta]

This country has ENOUGH problems with tobacco and alcohol to even consider ever adding another major substance such as marijuana, which is still widely considered "bad" in a lot of areas. Despite the fact that marijuana growth, sale, and use are illegal, it accounts for millions of dollars changing hands every second of the day, all over the world. There isn't a high school in America where you wouldn't find at least an abundance of marijuana, and even other harder drugs depending on mainly both locations and populations. And this is their idea of controlling a so called "problem" they have created themselves by making it illegal in the first place? Its only a matter of time until everyone realizes that the only "problem" was indeed, making it illegal in the first place and having it associated with other "bad" drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and even alcohol and tobacco. It is FAR less harmful than all of these, and should be considered among mircale drugs we incorperate into every day life, such as aspirin and caffeine. They pose not even a slight health risk, are easily available, and they work great for their intended purposes. Hell.. marijuana, with NO capability to overdose, intricate appearance and scent, incredible ease of growth, and unbelivable psychoactive effects put it at the top of the list of miracle drugs in my book. Not to mention the fact that it proves that money really can possibly grow on trees. The value of marijuana is just something alone to appriciate.

[Markass]

Alcohol creates domestic issues and blatantly tears families apart given it's high abuse potential, and DEATH can result from overdosing on alcohol rather easily..."alcohol from today is up to 10,000 more times stronger than it was in the thirties"(joke..but really, I would rather have my consciousness..) Tobacco causes cancer, which causes death. Fact is, marijuana is a lot less harmful to your body than alcohol and tobacco, and should not be considered a 'drug.' It's an herb, and we should be allowed to grow it and smoke as we wish. I pursue my right to liberty in this country by ignoring this senseless rule and smoking marijuana anyways. I integrate it into all of my daily activities, and it makes my days much much more enjoyable and pleasant. As do many people. I see it as a step above cigarettes, only I don't have to smoke as much weed as I would cigarettes to get my pleasure from it. Plus, I get to save money by being able to grow my own good smoke :) Marijuana rocks, and should be allowed to grow as the other plants from the plant kingdom do.

[Satan666]

ThatThey dont classify the substances that are scheduled by their danger to you. They classify them mostly on their potential for abuse.

[phytokind]

ThatThey dont classify the substances that are scheduled by their danger to you. They classify them mostly on their potential for abuse.

Well then potato chips should be schedule I, and of course alcohol.

[newactivist]

Ok, you guys just proved my point. The government, just like us, knows all these facts. Yet it is kept illegal..... why?

Is it more likely they are truly ignorant of these facts, or is it more likely that the oil, pharma, timber and law enforcement power blocks are using their influence in national politics to eliminate their competition? I say follow the money, the motive. Jack Herer is a God, and I am becoming his prophet.

Watch what they do, ignore what they say, and we have a chance of finding reality.