Lawmaker wants pot off federal drug list

[babylonsister]

January 24, 2014, 02:44 pm
Lawmaker wants pot off federal drug list

By Ben Goad


The Justice Department should cross marijuana off the government's list of most dangerous drugs, says a House Democrat now trying to build congressional support for the action.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) is making the case to remove pot from the list of "Schedule I" drugs, a day after Attorney General Eric Holder revealed that the Justice Department would adjust existing rules to allow legal marijuana businesses to access the banking system.

Recreational pot use became legal in Colorado this month, and 20 other states allow it for medicinal purposes.

Blumenauer said the Obama administration was “unquestionably making the right call” by allowing pot shops to work with banks.

“It’s an important step toward fixing federal policy toward marijuana,” Blumenauer said Friday in a written statement. “The next step is removing marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.”

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http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/pending-regs/196373-lawmaker-wants-pot-off-federal-drug-list

[PeaceNikki]

1. That's the move we need to clear the way.

[Baclava]

4. Absolutely - why is marijuana a schedule 1 narcotic?

Schedule I

Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Schedule I drugs are the most dangerous drugs of all the drug schedules with potentially severe psychological or physical dependence. Some examples of Schedule I drugs are:

heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, and peyote

[PeaceNikki]

5. Because hippies.

[Baclava]

6. "with no currently accepted medical use" - I say that's reason enough to reschedule

Vive la Revolution!

[ess bruce]

11. The tide has turned, we are setting sail, we're leaving with the wind.

In a couple of years we'll have arrived and begun to explore a new evolutionary direction. Just a hunch.

[loudsue]

13. Welcome to DU ess bruce! And I hope you're right about that!

[babylonsister]

7. Hahaha!

[awoke_in_2003]

12. more likely...

"Because non white people". When these laws were passed they were aimed at Mexican immigrants

[PeaceNikki]

18. I think that's why "Reefer Madness" happened. But the Controlled Substances Act was passed in 1970.

And signed by this guy.

[awoke_in_2003]

19. Ah, you are correct...

How you doing, Nikki?

[CarrieLynne]

14. rofl!

funny but true lol

[neverforget]

2. I love Blumenauer. I wish he was still my Representative but

I was put into conservadem Kurt Schrader's district due to redistricting. Yuck.

[Politicalboi]

3. This would be great

I know I wouldn't want to open a bank account, and then have the feds raid it, just because they "still" can.

[kestrel91316]

8. Rep. Blumenauer needs to watch his back. LE/FBI/DEA will set him up

to take him down.

[truedelphi]

9. His aides shoul ddefinitely make sure he never

Gets in a private plane along with Elizabeth Warren!

[babylonsister]

10. I don't know about that.

There is A LOT of money to be made, and it will all be legal. Maybe they have enough on their hands without having to worry about weed. I 'get' private prisons will lose, damn that bad luck.

[mountain grammy]

15. My Congressman, Jared Polis, has introduced legal pot legislation

and was helpful in the Colorado success. Colorado farmers can also legally grow hemp now thanks to efforts of Congressman Polis.

[Gary 50]

16. Let my people go...

Time to open the prison doors and let thousands of pot "criminals" free. There are people doing life for pot "crimes." Yeah, it's a real shame all those empty prison cells wont be making the private prison companies rich.

[Cha]

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Liquor Lobby!