DEA CANNABIS RESCHEDULING

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Here is a random public comment on the rescheduling of cannabis to Schedule III from an anonymous commenter.

I have been a physician for about 20 years and it's about damn time this gets done. Honestly, the entire concept of Schedule 1 drugs is dumb beyond belief. Most drugs on that list have therapeutic benefit. I'm surprised somebody hasn't called you on the unconstitutionality of declaring something has no medical benefit, when you don't have the science to back up such claims. But focusing on the task at hand, you have no consistency in scheduling. You are going to schedule marijuana as a schedule 3 drug, when benzodiazepines are schedule 4? Seriously? You can have seizures withdrawing off benzos. You can't have seizure or literally any withdrawal symptoms from marijuana. You can die from taking too many benzos. You can't die from smoking too much marijuana. If schedule 3 is as far as you'll go, then admit that you are a bunch of political hacks who can't science very well or apply common sense. But, sure, I'll support you because it's at least a micro-step in the right direction. But, if there is any thought about going further, then do it. The science is clear that marijuana is safer and less addictive than schedule 4 drugs.

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