Should DEA Remove Cannabis from Schedule I? [POLICYbrief]
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2019
- The Drug Enforcement Agency lists cannabis as a Schedule I substance, meaning it has no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Opponents of the current scheduling of cannabis claim that this makes much-needed research too difficult and unfairly restricts medical access to patients. Proponents, however, assert that the current scientific understanding of cannabis justifies its placement under Schedule I and that rescheduling would have negative consequences on public health and safety.
Should cannabis be rescheduled? John Hudak of Brookings and Dr. David Murray of the Hudson Institute discuss the pros and cons of rescheduling cannabis in this episode of POLICYbrief.
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no particular legal or public policy positions. All opinions expressed are those of the speaker.
Learn more about John Hudak: www.brookings.edu/experts/joh...
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Learn more about Dr. David Murray: www.hudson.org/experts/1004-d...
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Related Links & Differing Views:
DEA: “Drug Scheduling”
www.dea.gov/drug-scheduling
Brookings: “How to Reschedule Marijuana, and Why it’s Unlikely Anytime Soon” (2015)
www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov...
Hudson Institute: “Countering the Threat of Legalized Marijuana: A Blueprint for Federal, Community, and Private Action”
www.hudson.org/research/13392...
Brookings: “Brookings Debuts Its First Documentary-Short on Medical Marijuana in DC”
www.brookings.edu/blog/brooki...
VOX: “The Federal Drug Scheduling System, Explained”
www.vox.com/2014/9/25/6842187...
National Institute on Drug Abuse: “Marijuana”
www.drugabuse.gov/publication...
FDA: “FDA Approves First Drug Comprised of an Active Ingredient Derived From Marijuana to Treat Rare, Severe Forms of Epilepsy”
www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsro...
I guess alcoholic beverages should be Schedule 1.
Based Marduk alcohol is known too have medical uses
@@michaellopez3710 alchohol, not alcoholic beverages. Unless you want to drown your sorrows :-P
Based Marduk Alcohol was starting having wide spread use in cultures and society’s for medical and relaxation purposes around 12,000 years ago, roughly the same time agriculture arrived on the scene. Threw an accidentally process, are ancient ancestors discovered they could produce a drink from the wheat and barley they had been growing that when consumed, lowered ambition, improved social behavior, relaxed the joints and took away physical pain, along with other effects. It has always been used in a beverage for medical use, and will continue too be used that way for many more. Yes there is a higher rate of people in modern society who use it for the wrong purpose, but that is because most people don’t understand substances, there chemical compositions, and more, along with a lack of a medical need for alcohol in a modern world with ibuprofen, so what’s left is recreational use and not many medical users of beer or spirit.
@@michaellopez3710 you could make a similar arguement for all of the current schedule 1 drugs.
It really should be all drugs should be banned
Highly addictive? That poor man is from the days of reefer madness propaganda.
Biden Sniffed my Doodle it can be physiological addictive
It’s pathetic that people think prescription drugs are safer than cannabis. So sad.
It’s all about the $
I was recently told that cannibis is considered a medication by the medical community,. if it's not a scheduled drug then it isn't a medication is it?
@@marystrope1345 well, that all depends on what your definition of medication is. Over the counter cough medicine is medicine isn't it?
"no medical use" About 40 states would like to disagree as well as over 60% of the public.
There are only two kinds of people that oppose the legalization of cannabis the ones that are ignorant on the subject and the ones that make money off of it being illegal.
5:33 This guy is a throwback from the ‘70s. Worse, he talks about controlling illicit cannabis coming over the border if the federal government de-scheduled it. Now think about that, why in the world would the cartels or smugglers in general smuggle a LEGAL SUBSTANCE? His logic is patently backwards in this case. Nowhere in his talking points is the idea of constitutionality or not. He is all about respecting the regulations and international treaties from the 60s with the UN but the U.S. Constitution? Nope. He is a regulator of the highest order.
agreed.. he seems to think those half a century old international treaties have somehow prevented tons of cannabis from coming over the border each year..
on second thought.. is he inferring that the cause of current federal drug scheduling is because of a UN treaty? uhhhhh?....
Toda y it is being reported that a letter from HHS to the DEA to start of review for rescheduling from cat 1 to cat 3. Today is a different day .
I’m grown and can’t have a joint at home without potentially losing my job. Great job us government. This is not the land of the free, we are all slaves.
Agreed
honestly its so stupid. NO ONE has ever OD on cannabis only reason people die from it is unregulated weed that is laced, but if it was legal people could get cleaner and safer cannabis
@@malachithompson3982 Plenty of people have OD from Cannabis use, however no one has died from it. Overdosing doesn’t mean someone dying from taking something, it simply means someone took more than they should have or wanted to. I know ODing implies death and most people mean that when they say it but it doesn’t necessarily mean death.
I mean yes but if you take to much weed your probably gonna just go to sleep and wake up like damn I was high asf but let’s say od on heroin your are PROBABLY gonna leave this earth if you don’t do anything completely
As with many things these days, federal prohibition of marijuana is grossly unconstitutional. It is an impingement on states rights and a violation of individual liberty. Honest people must concede that growing and using cannabis in one's own home is NOT interstate commerce by any reasonable definition.
De - Schedule. Decriminalize.
Legalize. Home Grow.
Reasonable Taxation & Price.
The old gray is under informed and totally biased. If he was crippled with pain from arthritis or any of the numerous conditions that qualify patients in MMJ states he would quickly adopt a drastically different point of view
It pisses me off to think about how many lives have been ruined because of the abolition of marijuana. Not only that but the countless people who could have benefitted from its use.
The problem is old gray haired men
Not true. My gramps smokes lmao
they'll eventually die , lol
I drive truck so federal law applies. Until the feds decriminalize it I'm bummin
Help with me seizures.
No one has ever overdosed.
Had to spend 9 day in the hospital no withdraw.
3 criteria...gone.
Exactly I was in a mental institution for like 2 weeks and y'know I was really excited to smoke, every once in a while while I was inside I'd think "I'd love to be stoned" but I never had withdrawl symptoms.
Yes, it does not belong on any schedules. The lowest schedule includes some opiate derived drugs. Pot doesn't belong on any schedule.
Whether cannibus is addictive or not (its not) really has nothing to do with the fact that I'm a free adult individual and am capable of deciding for myself what I consume in my own body! I dont need approval for decisions I make. Oh and as far as "how we would control cannibus coming in to the country from canada or mexico" ... I imagine that way we control it now!!
Mark Wick agreed! It’s an adult activity.
Breathalyzer test for alcohol for all government employees
If it were de scheduled and allowed to grow free, why would we even want stuff from across the boarder. They'd be wanting our stuff.
The dea scheduling drugs is clearly a conflict of interest.
And furthermore how have there been any studies on opioids to determine their medical value you don’t think that if somebody takes an opioid they’re gonna know that they took the opioid? This is ridiculous
The dinosour(yes, sour) needs some pot. Might take away the edge.
What about we're all adults so what about alcohol what are the benefits for alcohol liver cancer
Cannibus has the lowest rate of addiction among every other illicit drug there is, including alchohol.
Cannibus has proven time and again to competently suppress epileptic seizures, and is considered to be the only drug to successfully treat PTSD.
The fact that the federal government has even considered to classify cannibus as a schedule 1 is highly suspicious, and creates many questions on the intentions behind such an irrational act.
Propaganda Slayer cannabis
@@michaellopez3710 Thanks. 😀
Propaganda Slayer I’m seriously not meaning that in a bad way. It’s okay that your wrong, I’ve made the mistake before myself. But there’s never a bad time too learn, just trying too help. Keep on smiling, stay high, and bless up man ☺️
Propaganda Slayer Yet, here in the state Capital of Vermont. I’ve been stone walled by every therapist that’s asked to sign off on it. Vermont has NOT legalized Cannabis. It’s highly illegal here unless you’re a home owner. There’s no retail market, and the stigma associated with it still exists.
@@michaellopez3710 Can you elaborate on your delightfully vague counter-argument, please?
Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean you won’t be arrested for consuming cannabis recreationally or medically
It's wild to consider how vastly different the narrative has been forced, through begrudging admittance by the federal government, across years concerning alleged dangers associated with cannabis...
At the price of their credibility and the lives of countless Americans victimizing no one, this obsessive insistence that cannabis deserves such a criminal designation only ever serve to cost taxpayer $$$ as well as secure citizens in prison cells. Sick sad world indeed
3:52 meth not being sceadlule 1 suprizes me as it has no legitamite use i can think of, only "legitimate" use i could see would be giving it to soldiers on suicide missions.
Should have been decades ago
Absolutely yesterday.
Yes lol how is this a schedule I??? And with proven medical research?!!🤯 who’s job was it to categorize these “schedules” because this has to be a joke?! Not to mention the other drugs not properly ranked
Im a yard driver and smoke all day. Im there best driver on the yard, they couldent fire me if they wanted to. Zero accidents zero issues with safety in the 8 years I've been driveing. I've smoked every day a 8th the whole 8 years.
Descheduling would be the proper outcome
You can't even keep it out of the jail system . What's Mexico and Canada have to do with anything ? ✌🤣 just legalize it already . If the market was an open market there would be no black market .
luckily the 10th amendment does not allow the federal government to regulate this, because this power is not delegated to the federal government.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Ego, the states have the right to, and are, regulating it in accordance with the United States Constitution.
Year late, but sadly the commerce clause of the constitution along with some SC cases have made it so the federal government does have a role in the cannabis dilemma
@@jonathanflores3256 This is legislation from the bench, done by radical judges. Everything affects interstate commerce, they know this, so the federal government uses it to regulate every.
That dude arguing against cannabis looks so shifty, eyes are shifting all over and blink rate is off the charts! I don’t think he even believes what he’s saying.
That old man has no idea what he's talking about he probably still owns a black and white prehistoric box of a tv poor man doesn't know there's color tv let alone 4k graphics
Legalization of marijuana is more about freedom that it is about drugs. If you support freedom you should support legalization of marijuana. In a free society we should all be able to grow any plant we want. It is really that simple.
Legal in Canada and Mexico
It does not fail on the not safe criteria and David W Murray didn't even address the known safety of the plant.
Man the government is playing use.
Legislation will have to get approval from the Cartels and the mafia that they are getting kickbacks from!
Just let me smoke and eat takis I ain’t hurting anyone
I’m pretty sure that it’s the peoples’ responsibility to vote to change its classification. It’s not based on science or anything unchangeable. It’s just an opinion.
Here’s one way to classify drugs:
Best drugs: Ethyl alcohol, amphetamine, nicotine, cocaine, caffeine, methamphetamine, THC
Good drugs: Pretty much everything else, except for CNS depressants, unless you’re seriously injured. Why would you want to just sleep or be more tired? Take neurostimulants and go to the gym or hit the books (non fiction, so you become smarter).
No it's not the people's right to vote. Special interest grapes decide and vote on policies. I bet you don't even know the real reason why it's illegal. I do if you want me to tell you.
Legalize cocaine, thanks.
It’s all imposing someone’s will over someone else evil people
The exact arguments that you are using to legalize cannabis can also be used for anti-vaxxers. Think about that.
#MyBodyMyChoice amirite?
Because it is it's a fact
Marijuana should not be legalized for any reason at all. And we need to bring back prohibition on alcohol while we're at it. A grey boring sober society with no chemical release, everyone should state at themselves completely sober at all times. No questions no exemptions.
Adam Bowman yet tobacco is legal and that kills people and causes cancer😐 while weed doesn’t kill no one and can be used medically
@@nanoelbatero57 I have no problem banning tobacco as well, I just didn't think to mention it. Im still quite sceptical on medical benefits of marijuana. I might change my mind after John's Hopkins or UVA, or some other reputable medical University has spent about 20 years studying it to death.
You sound like the guy no one wants to be around with
@@samtabe4104 I'm from a very conservative are to begin with, and I belong to a really conservative church
Lmao I cant tell if you're joking or not
Cannabis is not a drug.
K P what?
Cannabis is not a drug.
Cannibus is definately a drug..... it is not a harmful drug, and has many medical and physical benefits to offer mankind!
Drugs are man made. Cannabis is not a drug,if you think it is then obviously you don't know as much as you thank you do.
@@KP-ne1cg so you're saying heroin/opium from the opium poppy and cocaine from the coca plant are not drugs? Cannibus undeniably gets you impaired when smoked...
Q : ALCOHOL HAS MASSIVE MEDICAL BENEFITS BUT IS SUPER DEADLY AND A DEVIL CAN RIDE IT.
DON'T SEEK SPIRITUAL THINGS FROM THINGS SEEN MY FRIENDS BUT CALL UPON THE NAME OF JESUS. YOUR HEART IS SAFE WITH JESUS AND WISDOM IS YOURS FOR THE ASKING; BE WISE. AMEN?
Cannabis is a plant NOT A COMPOUND MAN MADE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE.
MARIJUANA NATURAL PLANT FIR NATURAL FEELING
Sounds like propaganda
A bunch of lies
The speaker is a liar: medical Hemp/marijuana is dramatically different than regular marijuana. The regular marijuana is much more addictive than wine/beer/whiskey.
Alcohol is one of the most addictive substances in the us affecting more that 3 million people a year now how is that worse than cannabis which has no addictive properties
this is a waste of my time
Of course a conservative think tank thinks weed is bad but fails to admit the double standard for things that are legal and are more dangerous and addictive, like alcohol.
Propaganda
Trump 2024
It should remain a schedule 1 drug.
its has medical benefits and its less addictive than alcohol. if you think it should be Schedule 1 youre lacking on the intellect side
@@trillmixin6999Sure, if you say so, and, by your reply, I can see how bright your intellect side is.
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There are only two kinds of people that oppose the legalization of cannabis the ones that are ignorant on the subject and the ones that make money off of it being illegal.
I didn't know intellect had a side.lol