Is This Woman a Criminal?

[RainDog]

5. I agree

But we still have people who think anyone who talks about medical use of cannabis just wants to get high.

I'd like to see Congress do what it is elected to do, but I'd also like to see all drugs removed from oversight by the DEA and various agencies and put under a non-political, non-governmental board: The National Academy of Sciences.

I'm sick and tired of cannabis and drugs (cannabis is not a drug, it's a plant), being used as a way to score political points.

Did you see the recent Drug Policy Alliance report on the DEA? It's in the Drug Policy Forum here. They made the NAoS recommendation - and I agree. They're also working with MAPS, an organization doing research into the use of MDMA in therapeutic settings for veterans, rape victims and others with PTSD, major anxiety disorder, and treatment-resistance depression.

The govt. has set up a racket around the Controlled Substances Act.

Time to vastly defund the DEA. Time of close the Drug Czar's (Propaganda) Office. Time to treat drug use as a health issue, including drug abuse.

So, while I won't hold my breath, I am all for an executive action that would stop the drug war. It's gone on longer, costs trillions of dollars, and ruined as many lives as the mess that Bush got us into.