The pharmaceutical and alcohol lobbies have spend hundreds of millions to oppose it over the decades with sleazy lies. Of course the last thing society needs is fewer people consuming booze and Oxies.
yep. because MONEY
Cannabis is already a factor in decreasing sales of alcohol.
I’ve never used weed in any form, for a variety of reasons. I have no quibbles with making it schedule III.
I wonder how this will affect people who need clearances for their job. In theory, if I used pot and it was detected somehow, I could lose my job.
A funny story from decades ago re schedule 3 drugs: My husband had surgery. They gave me a prescription for his pain meds beforehand, and I was calling around to find a nearby pharmacy that had it in stock. One didn’t - and the person on the phone said in horror and disdain “That’s a SCHEDULE THREE DRUG” (the “you drug-addled junkie!” was not said, but was strongly implied).
Um, yeah. so what, bitch??? It’s prescribed, and it’s legal.
I would definitely avoid using it if I had a Federal security clearance. It’s still not legal at the Federal level. It does make it easier to be able to do medical research which is huge.
I rarely smoke weed anymore but this is long overdue.
That’s the question though: if it’s reclassified as schedule III, doesn’t that mean it’s no longer completely illegal at the Federal level?
Too bad the change in status is only an Executive Order, and not a formal act of Congress. As I recall, Marijuana’s classification on Schedule 1 was part of the actual text of the Controlled Substances Act, and is still (on the books, at least) the law of the land.
I’m not qualified to answer that but it hasn’t been completely rescheduled. This is a weird half measure thing where cannabis that is sold as medical, not recreational, at shops where it is legal at the State level is considered Schedule III.
That means that you’d need to get a “recommendation” from a medical doctor and find a medical shop. A lot of States with both medical and recreational will have medical shops for various reasons.
Interesting point.
I think I’ll hold off anyway 
Free LSD would be great. The only good therapy for me.
Hey! Does this mean that now guys won’t be able to tell you, “what the real crime here is, man?”