DEA CANNABIS RESCHEDULING

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Here is a random public comment on the rescheduling of cannabis to Schedule III from Andrew Rikarts.

As a Federal employee with a Primary Care Doctor, a Neurologist and a Pain Management all recommending I get Medical Marijuana that might reduce or eliminate many of the medications I currently take for chronic muscle pain, nerve pain, and anxiety I can only sit here wondering why its illegal. Especially when marijuana is legal or at least decriminalized in some form in most states. It is beyond obvious that legalization can help so many people live better lives as well as reduce the black markets and crime associated with prohibited substances. It can also generate new taxes for quality of life programs and reduce tax burdens for policing something that is infinitely less harmful than fully legal substances such as alcohol. We need to shift away from the prohibition mentality and move toward acceptance. End the endless, unjust and deadly war on drugs and move toward education, life and health improvements supporting people with problems and stop getting in between the people and their trusted physicians.

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