It’s only under schedule 1 for now. The HHS told the DEA to remove it, so it’s only a matter of time now.
irish_link@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Unfortunately it still falls under schedule 1. Even if states legalize it the federal government still considers it the same danger as heroin.
Don’t get me wrong. It shouldn’t be but until we get a federal law changing that then it’s still going to fall under DEA.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 5 months ago
Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
And unfortunately, the scheduling is determined by none other than the DEA itself. So I wouldn’t hold my breath on them forfeiting funding and purview over of anything as trivial as medical research or the will of the people. At least not easily or without some other political quid pro quo.
w2tpmf@lemmy.world 5 months ago
DEA added it by an order from the AG under Nixon.
Biden could get it removed the same way if he wanted to actually hold up on his campaign promise.
Kryptenx@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
DEA ultimately has final say though. And we are definitely living in tumultuous if not unprecedented times.
elephantium@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Technically, all times are unprecedented since we don’t repeat years!
The times we’re living in? Definitely tumultuous, definitely not unprecedented. Political strife? There are obvious comparisons being made with the 1930s or the 1850s. Covid? The Spanish flu ravaged the world a century ago. Drug legalization? How about the end of Prohibition?
It turns out that a lot of people really just like shouting “unprecedented” because it makes their speech sound more dramatic.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sounds like a good time to withhold funding ☺️