Rescheduling and Legalizing Marijuana - Understanding the Difference

Summary:  Marijuana is currently considered by the government to have the same abuse and dependency potential as heroin (Schedule 1), and yet 27 states have legalized marijuana either for medicinal and/or recreational use.  This makes no sense.  This episode addresses this disconnect and delves into the issues created by a few U.S. Senators who want to deschedule and legalize marijuana.  Legalizing marijuana may address the changing attitudes toward marijuana and its place in society, but de-scheduling it fails to make a distinction between marijuana’s use as a recreational drug and its use as a medication.  This episode seeks a solution to this issue.    

 Topics:

·       Elizabeth Warren, Stephen Colbert 01:00

·       Scheduled Drugs I-V 01:50

·       Schedule I Drugs 02:15

        No medical use; high abuse/addiction potential

        Marijuana, Heroin, LSD, Ecstasy, Peyote…

·       Deschedule Marijuana? 03:45

·       Alcohol a drug? 04:00

·       Prohibition 04:50

·       Marijuana a drug?...a medication? 05:45

·       Cannabis Sativa = plant 06:20

        Cannabinoids = compounds in plant

·       Solution? 07:00

·       Legalize the plant, Reschedule the compounds 08:00

·       Pot Potency 09:00

·       Department of Health & Human Services – Schedule III 11:05

·       Marijuana Drug Interactions 12:45

·       Epidiolex, Marinol, Cesamet 13:40

·       Kinetics, Dosage, ADR, Drug Interactions…14:30

·       Risk-Benefit 16:00

·       Gateway Drug? 16:30

·       Plant & Compounds 18:00

·       More Potential Medical Uses 18:30

·       Ch-Ch-Change

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