The executive removal of cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Administration Schedule 1 (no known medical use) is long overdue; don’t add CBD to schedule 1 either idiots!.
Legalizing medical cannabis use under federal law is a change supported by nearly all Americans. 94% support the use of marijuana by medical patients according to polling by Quinnipiac University early in 2017. A more recent Survey USA poll finds 76% to 18%, respondents believe that the federal government should allow cannabis businesses in legal states to operate without federal interference. Three separate national polls conducted by Gallup, CBS News, and Quinnipiac found a respective 64%, 61%, and 60% of respondents answered that they wanted to see all cannabis use legalized. That’s the highest level of support since Gallup polling on this issue started 48 years ago.
Scientific clinical trials in Israel, Germany, England, and Brazil found cannabis effective against many cancers, dozens of other diseases and in pain management. Cannabis used for pain control consistently results in less opioid drug use.
The US Department of Health and Human Services holds US Patent #6,630,507 --cannabinoids for the prevention and treatment of diseases including auto-immune disorders, stroke, trauma, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and dementia. The Patent Office granted GW Pharmaceuticals multiple cannabis patents: #8,790,719, #9,017,737, #9,168,278 and #9,205,063, for treatments of prostate, breast and colon cancers, neural degeneration, psychotic disorders, and as an appetite suppressant. More patents for GW Pharmaceuticals are pending. Physicians widely prescribed cannabis tinctures, oils and compounds before Marijuana Prohibition began in 1937. Cannabis is a demonstrated pharmacological Superstar.
29 states and the District of Columbia regulate medical marijuana by statute. Many medical patients -deemed otherwise incurable- are healthier today because of cannabis therapies available in those states. Attorney General Sessions seems to be irrationally anti-cannabis. Congressman Rohrabacher said “Mr. Sessions stands against an overwhelming majority of Americans and even, sadly, against veterans and other people who we now know conclusively are helped dramatically by Medical Marijuana”. The National Academy of Sciences and Medicine states cannabis is not a gateway to other illicit drugs. Now the World Health Organization finds use for cannabis CBD derivatives too. DEA is a political bought and paid for department making money for politicians, drug warriors and black marketers. Not to mention DEA denies the sick treatments that could help them.
