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Remove Marijuana from Schedule 1 On the DEA’s Drug Scheduling list.Drug SchedulingThis can be done without passing a law or changing the constitution.The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 was the first shot in the “War on Drugs,” and it outlined how drugs should be defined under 5 classifications, or “Schedules.”The Definitions of the schedules set in the CSA, so changing that would not fit the description in the question since that would be changing law.The 5 Schedules are defined by 3 main factors. Potential for Abuse, Accepted Medical Use, and Potential for Addiction.So by definition, a Schedule 1 drug is defined as a drug that has a high potential for abuse, has absolutely no accepted medical use, and due to the potential for addiction, is not safe to use, even under medical supervision.Marijuana is listed on Schedule 1, and has been since the law was passed.Let me put that into perspective for you.Cocaine? Meth? Fentanyl? Hydrocodone? Opium?They’re all scheduled TWO.So according to your government, Marijuana has a higher potential for Abuse, less medical use and is more dangerous to use than Meth, Coke, and Fentanyl. Anabolic Steroids are Schedule THREE, for fucks sake.Xanax, Valium and Ambien are Schedule FOUR.Here’s the thing. How the drugs are scheduled is ENTIRELY up to the Department of Health and Human Services, and the DEA. The process of changing a drug’s scheduling is: DEA Decides to change a drug’s schedule, confers with HHS, HHS Weighs in, DEA Moves the drug to the schedule most appropriate for it.Both of these departments fall under the executive branch. In other words, this can be done by executive order in about 20 seconds.Read those schedules. Where do you think Marijuana belongs? Clearly no higher than Schedule 3, probably Schedule 4.Immediately the law changes on sentencing requirements for offenses related to the possession and distribution of the drug.Immediately Marijuana is at a minimum legal for medical use in all 50 states. Immediately, the laws change about how businesses involved in the pot industry can deal with monetary transactions at the federal level changes. Immediately the pathway clears for thousands of people in jail for non-violent marijuana-related offenses to have their sentences revisited. Immediately unrestricted research can begin under normal conditions for the use of marijuana as it relates to pain relief, anxiety, seizure disorders, depression, PTSD, and a host of other ailments people turn to pot for relief from.With a stroke of the pen, I make millions of lives better.Boom.

No.The way a drug is listed is purely down to politics, religion, and expediency, and has little to do with safety.Fentanyl is Schedule II. Weed is Schedule I. Fentanyl is far more dangerous than weed.Cocaine is Schedule II. Psilocybin is Schedule I. Cocaine is far more dangerous.Methamphetamine is Schedule II. Peyote is Schedule I.Meperidine is Schedule II. LSD is Schedule I.You get the idea. Safety has nothing to do with it.

It's a smart thing for Democrats to bring up right now.First, it has broad, popular, bipartisan approval, especially among younger voters.Second, ideas like this don't just impact people's lives by restoring basic freedoms the so-called War on Drugs evaporated, it can and will have a major impact on incarceration rates, which, as was the Nixon Administration's plan all along, adversely affected POC to a much greater extent than anyone else.Top Nixon adviser reveals the racist reason he started the 'war on drugs' decades agoThis will have a major impact on the enormous cost of keeping tens of thousands of non-violent drug offenders who pose no real threat to society locked up because of a Nixon Era policy which has been enormously successful at exactly what John Ehrlichman says the goal of the policy was.The bottom line is that marijuana never should have been as restricted as it is in the first place, even according to the law that makes it illegal.The Controlled Substances Act of 1970, signed into law by Richard Nixon, established US Federal drug policy. Among other things it established 5 “schedules" of drug classification to define how restricted any particular drug should be.The schedules are defines as follows:Schedule ISchedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.Schedule IISchedule II drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, with use potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence. These drugs are also considered dangerous.Schedule IIISchedule III drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence. Schedule III drugs abuse potential is less than Schedule I and Schedule II drugs but more than Schedule IV.Schedule IVSchedule IV drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a low potential for abuse and low risk of dependence.Schedule VSchedule V drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with lower potential for abuse than Schedule IV and consist of preparations containing limited quantities of certain narcotics. Schedule V drugs are generally used for antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic purposes.Now.Read those definitions and tell me where you think Marijuana belongs. Hang on. Let me help you with a little perspective.Some examples of Schedule II drugs are:Cocaine, Meth, methadone, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), oxycodone (OxyContin) and fentanyl.Ready?Marijuana is Schedule I.Yeah. No shit. According to the Federal Government, marijuana is worse than Coke, Meth, OxyContin, and Fentanyl.According to the Federal Government, marijuana has “NO accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.”Let me add some MORE perspective. Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, anabolic steroids, and testosterone are all Schedule III. Xanax, Soma, Darvon, Darvocet, Valium, Ativan, Talwin, Ambien, Tramadol are all Schedule IV.Marijuana's status as a Schedule I drug causes a number of issues, not the least of which relates to Federal sentencing guidelines for non-violent possession and distribution offensesIt also seriously interferes with research into marijuana's potential as a treatment for chronic pain, anxiety, seizures, migraines, PTSD, nausea, and a number of other issues hundreds of thousands of Americans turn to marijuana for relief of.Again, this is an issue with BROAD popular support. About 2/3 of Americans support legalized marijuana.Two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalizationThe benefits of legalization far outweigh the possible negative impacts.It's an easy popular win for Democrats and should be prioritized.