▲ 516 ▼ US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 125 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Seriously. There have to be more people who die from ketamine than LSD every year. It all seems so arbitrary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jeansburger@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It is arbitrary. While what classification a substance is may have some grounding in research, it's mostly up to what interest group has either lobbied to get something under or whatever group law enforcement wants to be able to get easy charges for. Cannabis was Sched I because it made it easy for law enforcement to get big sentences for minorities and the counter culture participants of the day. Same thing with LSD and psilocybin. All the DEA scheduling is just pick and choose your charge for whatever ideological ax they want to grind. Hence why things don't line up with reality permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jeansburger@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It is arbitrary. While what classification a substance is may have some grounding in research, it's mostly up to what interest group has either lobbied to get something under or whatever group law enforcement wants to be able to get easy charges for. Cannabis was Sched I because it made it easy for law enforcement to get big sentences for minorities and the counter culture participants of the day. Same thing with LSD and psilocybin. All the DEA scheduling is just pick and choose your charge for whatever ideological ax they want to grind. Hence why things don't line up with reality permalink fedilink source parent