If DEA accepts HHS's rescheduling recommendation, it could ease marijuana access.

If DEA accepts HHS’s rescheduling recommendation, it could ease marijuana access.

  • Aesculapius@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Alcohol

    • physically addictive
    • one of the only substances to have fatal withdrawal
    • implicated in numerous deaths (due to intoxication)
    • harms pregnancy
    • can cause heart issues, neurological issues, liver damage, etc.
    • not a scheduled DEA substance

    Marijuana

    • none of the above (effects on pregnancy can include low birth weight and preterm labor - evidence is mixed. Certainly nothing close to the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome).
    • currently a schedule 1 substance

    It should be descheduled completely.

    Edit: updated pregnancy info