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Originally Posted by blueash
What? Marijuana is not a controlled substance? What have you been smoking if you believe that. It is a Schedule one controlled substance right up there with heroin, LSD and meth. Which means there is no known legitimate use for the med and even prohibits almost all research.
The Biden administration has asked that it be reclassified as a lower category 3 controlled substance but there has not been any finalization of his effort which he began in 2022. But it getting closer.
After reclassification as a Schedule 3 controlled drug it will still be illegal under federal law to possess, grow etc except for legitimate medical uses. It will not decriminalize nor "legalize" pot. No matter what Florida does, possession will still violate Federal law. Attempts have been made to decriminalize on the federal level which results, of course, in the usual accusations of "soft on crime" and "must support the cartels" garbage.
A bill to decriminalize, remove marijuana from the controlled substance list, passed the House (HR 3617) in 2022 but died in the Senate under the threat of filibuster and the usual political infighting and posturing. Since the House changed parties there has been no action on the issue. |
If it becomes a schedule 3 controlled drug, then any doctor will be able to legally prescribe it for any qualifying ailment/illness, from anxiety to pain to nausea caused by cancer treatments, and glaucoma.
And you wouldn't need a medical card to get it, you could pick it up at any pharmacy.