U.S. senate to consider changing Marijuana status from Class 1 to Class 2

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

High potential for abuse? Based on what?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

High potential for abuse? Based on what?

The argument is that people are willing to break the law to get marijuana, so that constitutes a high potential for abuse. In any case a move to schedule 2 is long overdue, and clinical studies can provide the necessary evidence to further move marijuana to more appropriate classifications.

But what's the rationale for saying there's a higher potential for abuse now than before? Because some states legalized it and it's more readily available and accepted socially now? That seems crazy.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

More specifically, though, I guess my problem is with this part of the Schedule II description:

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Science doesn't support this at all. How is anyone supposed to take drug laws seriously if Congress is trying to legislate a falsehood into fact?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

...you're not going to buy from the dispensary when you can just pick up your pot over the counter at CVS or Safeway. Medicinal marijuana for actual sick people is going to have to become a much more serious and less easygoing process.

I doubt you're ever going to see a framework where you can buy weed at CVS or Safeway -- it's unlikely that major corporations are going to embrace the risk of selling the drug. You're much more likely to see the California/Colorado model, where weed is only available at licensed dispensaries (like how alcohol is only available at liquor stores in some states).

I think weed should be legal, but as a potential future parent, I wouldn't want to have it for sale in a location where I routinely bring my kids to buy aspirin or milk.