Rescheduling and Legalizing Cannabis
Rescheduling Cannabis: What does it mean and is it going to happen. Cannabis is, as of right now, a Schedule 1 drug in the United States. Schedule 1 drugs are considered to be inherently dangerous, with no medicinal value. Drugs such as heroine and methamphetamine are Schedule 1 drugs; they are completely banned. Marijuana has been a Schedule 1 drug for much of the 20th and into the 21st century. Since the Prohibitionist movements of the first part of the 20th century, exemplified by the ludicrously fear mongering film “Reefer Madness,” and even extending into the “Just Say No” campaign...