In the United States, medical marijuana is not legal in all states and only half the country’s patients can be treated with cannabis. In addition to this, some advocates in states like Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska are willing to legalize recreational marijuana. However, all of this could change if the DEA reclassifies the plant away from scheduling. Expectations have increased since the DEA announced that the agency would consider whether or not to reschedule cannabis by June 2016.
The DEA classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 for having ‘high potential for abuse and not medical benefits’. For the federal government, this plant does not have any beneficial healing qualities, and it is deemed to be illicit. Considering selling cannabis an illegal action, marijuana business are not allowed to take standard deductions. This makes business pay tax on gross profits instead of net profits.
No many financial institutions are willing to deal with cannabis businesses. Medical studies have demonstrated that cannabis has some positives effects in patients with cancer, diabetes 2, ulcerative colitis, and other ailments. Another study carried out by GW Pharmaceuticals consider Epidiolez- a liquid cannabidiol-based formulation, helps to reduce seizure frequency in patients suffering from Dravet syndrome.
Also, doctors like David Cunic, CEO of Pazoo-marijuana testing labs in Colorado-, believes that cannabis could serve as an alternative medico to opiate painkillers. People are looking for alternatives’ he said.
Common sense
For Congressman Jared Polis, reclassifying marijuana is part of ‘common sense. It means allowing good science to be done.
It is expected that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reclassifies cannabis sometimes within the next couple of weeks. In case the regulatory agency reclassifies cannabis away from schedule, medical marijuana will become immediately legal in all the states of the U.S. this also means that medical marijuana businesses will be allowed to prosper
After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration submitted its recommendation on marijuana’s scheduling to the DEA, the agency administrator Chuck Rosenberg has refused to speak about what that recommendation was.
There are several options for the DEA. The agency could reclassify a scheduling from 2 to 5. If marijuana is schedule between 2 and 5, it will be deemed to have positive medical effects on health, but the drug would still be perceived as addictive. It would be considered more addictive as Scheduled 2 and less addictive as Scheduled 5, meaning that certain substances resulting from the plant might be legal for consumption, but the plant would remain illegal.
Source: Fool
I am with Brian Kelly to the end! And “One Planet-One People.” Peace!
Marijuana consumers deserve and demand equal rights and protections under our laws that are currently afforded to the drinkers of far more dangerous and deadly, yet perfectly legal, widely accepted, endlessly advertised and glorified as an All American pastime, booze.
Plain and simple!
Legalize Marijuana Nationwide!
It’s time for us, the majority of The People to take back control of our national marijuana policy. By voting OUT of office any and all politicians who very publicly and vocally admit to having an anti-marijuana, prohibitionist agenda! Time to vote’em all OUT of office. Period. Plain and simple.
Politicians who continue to demonize Marijuana, Corrupt Law Enforcement Officials who prefer to ruin peoples lives over Marijuana possession rather than solve real crimes who fund their departments toys and salaries with monies acquired through Marijuana home raids, seizures and forfeitures, and so-called “Addiction Specialists” who make their income off of the judicial misfortunes of our citizens who choose marijuana, – Your actions go against The Will of The People and Your Days In Office Are Numbered! Find new careers before you don’t have one.
The People have spoken! Get on-board with Marijuana Legalization Nationwide, or be left behind and find new careers. Your choice.
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The “War on Marijuana” has been a complete and utter failure. It is the largest component of the broader yet equally unsuccessful “War on Drugs” that has cost our country over a trillion dollars.
Instead of The United States wasting Billions upon Billions more of our tax dollars fighting a never ending “War on Marijuana”, lets generate Billions of dollars, and improve the deficit instead. It’s a no brainer.
The Prohibition of Marijuana has also ruined the lives of many of our loved ones. In numbers greater than any other nation, our loved ones are being sent to jail and are being given permanent criminal records which ruin their chances of employment for the rest of their lives, and for what reason?
Marijuana is much safer to consume than alcohol. Yet do we lock people up for choosing to drink?
Even The President of the United States has consumed marijuana. Has it hurt his chances at succeeding in life? If he had gotten caught by the police during his college years, he may have very well still been in prison today! Beyond that, he would then be fortunate to even be able to find a minimum wage job that would consider hiring him with a permanent criminal record. Let’s end this hypocrisy now!
The government should never attempt to legislate morality by creating victim-less marijuana “crimes” because it simply does not work and costs the taxpayers a fortune.
Marijuana Legalization Nationwide is an inevitable reality that’s approaching much sooner than prohibitionists think and there is nothing they can do to stop it!
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In the prohibitionist’s world, anybody who consumes the slightest amount of marijuana responsibly in the privacy of their own homes are “stoners” and “dopers” that need to be incarcerated in order to to protect society.
In their world, any marijuana use equates to marijuana abuse, and it is their God given duty to worry about “saving us all” from the “evils” of marijuana use.
Who are they to tell us we can’t choose marijuana, the safer choice instead of alcohol for relaxation, after a long, hard day, in the privacy of our own homes?
People who consume marijuana are smart, honest, hard working, educated, and successful people too, who “follow the law” also.(except for their marijuana consumption under it’s current prohibition of course) .
Not the stereotypical live at home losers prohibitionists make them out to be. They are doctors, lawyers, professors, movie stars, and politicians too.
Several Presidents of The United States themselves, along with Justin Trudeau, Bill Gates, and Carl Sagan have all confessed to their marijuana use. As have a long and extensive list of successful people throughout history at one point or other in their lives.
Although that doesn’t mean a dam thing to people who will make comments like “dopers” and “stoners” about anybody who uses the slightest amount of Marijuana although it is way safer than alcohol.
To these people any use equals abuse, and that is really ignorant and full of hypocrisy. While our society promotes, advertises, and even glorifies alcohol consumption like it’s an All American pastime.
There is nothing worse about relaxing with a little marijuana after a long hard day than having a drink or two of alcohol.
So come off those high horses of yours. Who are you to dictate to the rest of society that we can’t enjoy Marijuana, the safer choice over alcohol, in the privacy of our own homes?
We’ve worked real hard our whole lives to provide for our loved ones. We don’t appreciate prohibitionists trying to impose their will and morals upon us all.
Has a marijuana consumer ever forced you to use it? Probably not. So nobody has the right to force anybody not to either.
Don’t try to impose your morality and “clean living” upon everybody else with Draconian Marijuana Laws, and we won’t think you’re such prohibitionist hypocrites.
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