Month: May 2016

The label of marijuana as “Schedule I” is highly controversial, and ever since this declaration, there have been multiple proposals to remove its classification as a Schedule I substance. This summer the DEA will review this classification. There are, of course, arguments for both positions. A great article by Scientific American discusses the history of the science around marijuana, and why it was originally classified as Schedule I in 1972. To clarify, a Schedule I drug is deemed to have absolutely no medical use and is simultaneously, highly addictive. But researchers and scientists are constantly disagreeing with this assumption. According...