[Hugin]

Sure, why not? Courts and politicians decide what's medicinal and scientific.

Yup.

President Richard Nixon placed cannabis in Schedule 1 in 1970, overruling the recommendations of his own National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, which found “little proven danger of physical or psychological harm from the experimental or intermittent use of the natural preparations of cannabis.”

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

President Richard Nixon placed cannabis in Schedule 1 in 1970, overruling the recommendations of his own National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, which found “little proven danger of physical or psychological harm from the experimental or intermittent use of the natural preparations of cannabis.”

Yeah. Richard (Dick) "I am not a crook" Nixon. `Nuff said.

Once-Secret "Nixon Tapes" Show Why the U.S. Outlawed Pot

He (Nixon) made a bizarre distinction between marijuana and alcohol, saying people use marijuana "to get high" while "a person drinks to have fun."