[bird4four4]

414Sec. 812. Schedules of controlled substances

(1) Schedule I. -

(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.

(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

Please explain why Alcohol and Nicotine are not schedule I drugs

Pot has a low potential for abuse.  The US government supplies it to 7 people for medical purposes.  Why is it a Schedule I drug?

[robertpaulsen]

"Please explain why Alcohol and Nicotine are not schedule I drugs"

I really have no idea. If you think they belong there, you are free to write the Attorney General and ask him to place them there.

"The US government supplies it to 7 people for medical purposes. Why is it a Schedule I drug?"

Those 7 are what remains of an old government marijuana study that has been discontinued. Technically, they're supposed to be submitting reports.

[Trinity_Tx]

LOL when I read these threads, I'm reminded of the uptight old ladies who thought prohibition was a good thing.



Outnumbered, but shrill, I guess it's no surprise to find some here even at Free Republic.

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

-C. S. Lewis