Rescheduling and Legalizing Marijuana - Understanding the Difference

Send us Fan MailSummary:  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  Questions and comments to  [email protected]