We ask that you remove cannabis from the unwarranted Schedule 1 DEA status and decriminalize the possession, use, and sale of marijuana. This is not a full out legalization, but rather a reversal of decades of federal ineptitude.
Grounds:
Foundation of law is corruption (NPR Mysterious History of Marijuana)
Alcohol and tobacco exempt from Scheduling, yet more harmful (American Scientist Vol 94, No 3, Pg 206)
Criteria for Schedule 1:
*High potential for abuse
>Addiction rare & not a gateway drug ("Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base" Institute of Medicine '99)
*No medical uses
>Jan 2014, 28 active grants related to therapeutic marijuana, funded by NIDA
& "Study of Marijuana" Cancer Prevention Research, Aug '09
& "Health Aspects of Cannabis" Amer. Society Pharmacology '86