The Food and Drug administration review which drugs are safe, habit forming and which may lead to social problems.
They are pretty good experts and it seems there has been some relief for those really very ill with pot. Problem IMO is that here we have seemingly dopers getting drug activist doctors prescribing left and right.
There are various safe guards in society we placed there through the government (us) which are very good.
Our work environment could be filled with lots of cancer causing drugs and life ending things if there was no government control over what is legal. It is the same exact thing with drugs in our personal life.
I would say everything is give and take, but we can't allow chemical use in our personal life or at work without review, we'd get IMO a ton more people killing themselves and damaging others and I bet the bottom line would be a hell of a lot more public tax dollars out the door.
"arbitrarily?
The Food and Drug administration review which drugs are safe, habit forming and which may lead to social problems."
Yes it is seemingly arbitrary...look at the side effects of prescription drugs. Just because all the "effects" side and otherwise are on the box do not make them any safer than drugs that come in baggies.
Do you seriously imagine, for even a moment, that any of these stupid, pointless, expensive laws reduce consumption to any measurable degree? Really?
If so ,there's this bridge....
BTW< My only drug is coffee, no pot, booze nor anything else.
The FDA does not allow Vitamin C injections for cancer treatment even though there are many studies which show it is more effective with less side affects than chemo. These Vitamin C treatments are available in other countries but not in the US unless you are willing to go outside the "mainstream Medical Industry". Why is that?
Just follow the money!
Vitamin C treatment $300 per week.
Chemo Treatments $10,000 per week.
JMO