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Just in case you doubt the pharmaceutical industry is behind the war on drugs
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:33 am
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:33 am
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The DEA has officially decided that a notorious fentanyl manufacturer’s synthetic marijuana product is safer and more medically valuable than actual weed.
In an announcement posted Wednesday in the Federal Register, the DEA announced that the drug Syndros, a liquid form of synthetic THC, will be classified as a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning it can be legally prescribed by doctors. Meanwhile, regular marijuana will continue to be listed alongside heroin in the more restrictive Schedule I category, which is reserved for drugs that have “no currently accepted medical use” and “a high potential for abuse.”
The DEA has officially decided that a notorious fentanyl manufacturer’s synthetic marijuana product is safer and more medically valuable than actual weed.
In an announcement posted Wednesday in the Federal Register, the DEA announced that the drug Syndros, a liquid form of synthetic THC, will be classified as a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning it can be legally prescribed by doctors. Meanwhile, regular marijuana will continue to be listed alongside heroin in the more restrictive Schedule I category, which is reserved for drugs that have “no currently accepted medical use” and “a high potential for abuse.”
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Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:36 am to DavidTheGnome
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Meanwhile, regular marijuana will continue to be listed alongside heroin in the more restrictive Schedule I category,
Utterly ridiculous. I'd laugh if it wasn't so asinine. Big brother knows best.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:37 am to DavidTheGnome
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regular marijuana will continue to be listed alongside heroin in the more restrictive Schedule I category, which is reserved for drugs that have “no currently accepted medical use” and “a high potential for abuse.”
fricking Obama should have taken if off schedule on his way out the door.
This post was edited on 11/30/17 at 11:52 am
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:38 am to DavidTheGnome
I blame the police lobby more than anyone.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:38 am to DavidTheGnome
We're living in a modern day prohibition that is being stoked by misplaced morals. It's ridiculous. Anyone who is completely OK with alcohol and tobacco being legal and taxed but for whatever reason isn't ok with marijuana is part of the problem.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:38 am to DavidTheGnome
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Schedule I category, which is reserved for drugs that have “no currently accepted medical use” and “a high potential for abuse.
I hate to tell the DEA that prescription drugs are probably the most abused drugs out there.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:38 am to DavidTheGnome
Interesting
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:39 am to DavidTheGnome
Ten more years and the boomers will begin croaking then we can enact sensible policy
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:41 am to DavidTheGnome
Can you imagine a world where you could still lobby for causes, but it was illegal to attach any monetary gains or gifts the politicians you were lobbying?
I know it's just a ridiculous dream, but just imagine.........
I know it's just a ridiculous dream, but just imagine.........
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:41 am to Roadkill Gumbo
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I hate to tell the DEA that prescription drugs are probably the most abused drugs out there.
Bite your tongue!! Those people are diseased
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:42 am to DavidTheGnome
Meanwhile thousands upon thousands of Americans will drink themselves to death from perfectly legal alcohol on an annual basis.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:42 am to Green Chili Tiger
This is so ridiculous it makes my head hurt. I need to smoke some.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:42 am to rocket31
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Ten more years and the boomers will begin croaking then we can enact sensible policy
I know a lot of conservative boomers that say they'd try weed if it were legal. This needs to be legalized from a federal level and not a local one.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:42 am to Lakeboy7
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fricking Obama should have taken if the schedule on his way out the door.
Trump is the real man of the people. Surely he will declassify cannibis.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:42 am to DavidTheGnome
thanks trump. 
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:44 am to DavidTheGnome
Hmmmm, I wonder now how this will effect HR policies on drug testing.
This is the federeal government saying there is legitimate medical use and a doctor prescribing it.
Could make an interesting wrongful termination suit.
This is the federeal government saying there is legitimate medical use and a doctor prescribing it.
Could make an interesting wrongful termination suit.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:45 am to GeorgeQGlass
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Meanwhile, regular marijuana will continue to be listed alongside heroin in the more restrictive Schedule I category,
MJ isn't listed with heroin b/c it's "just as bad". It is listed because, like heroin, it is considered as having no accepted medical use and also a high potential for abuse.
I personally have no opinion on whether it is true that MJ has no accepted medical use and/or has high potential for abuse FWIW. I'm aware many (most?) consider that pretty dubious. That is, however, the current state of affairs. If huffing paint were a drug that would be Schedule I as well.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:45 am to Sao
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Trump is the real man of the people. Surely he will declassify cannibis.
This is Trump's attorney general trying to keep a straight face when you say that.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:47 am to upgrayedd
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blame the police lobby more than anyone.
hand in glove with big pharma
Posted on 11/30/17 at 11:49 am to foshizzle
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MJ isn't listed with heroin b/c it's "just as bad". It is listed because, like heroin, it is considered as having no accepted medical use and also a high potential for abuse.
Which makes this article even more absurd.
The government is basically saying that THC has no medicinal value when found in marijuana. But, when the same active ingredient is made in a lab, it's an effective medical tool. That's the most counter intuitive thing I've ever heard.
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