By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on August 11, 2016 at 7:28 AM, updated August 11, 2016 at 11:32 AM
TRENTON — The Obama administration will uphold the ban on researching the therapeutic benefits of marijuana, once again rebuffing requests to remove the plant from the list of the drugs, like heroin and cocaine, that are considered to be the most addictive and lacking medicinal value.
On Thursday, the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration will publish a notice in the Federal Register, a compilation of government rules, that will announce its decision to keep marijuana as a “schedule 1” drug, according to the Washington Post.
The decision will no doubt disappoint supporters who had hoped the federal government would finally allow research to determine cannabis’ potential. Half of the states in the nation, including New Jersey, as well as Washington D.C. permit the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medical purposes.
You know that there is a pill form, right? You don’t need to smoke and you don’t get high.
You know that there is a pill form, right? You don’t need to smoke and you don’t get high.
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But that misses the point of medical marijuana…
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The whole point is to legalize marijuana smoking. There are many effective (real) medicines that can treat all of the symptoms that marijuana purports to address without the negative side effects (but wait… the negative side effects are the only reason that anyone uses marijuana (medical or otherwise) in the first place.
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The drug industry has suppressed any and all research of natural homopathic treatments.
Bottom line is that if they don’t control the product they aren’t making a profit.
The politicians and agency types are all along for the ride.
Trump 2016!