Jacob Sullum on the Consequences of Reclassifying Marijuana

CNN

"When Obama took office," notes Dan Riffle of the Marijuana Policy Project, "he said that decisions in his administration would be guided by science, not by politics and ideology. It's very clear that marijuana's continued classification as a Schedule I drug violates that mandate." Jacob Sullum considers what might happen if the Obama administration moved marijuana to a less restrictive legal category.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

The teaser is the article. Meta.

[invisible furry hand]

If your editor is off spilling Mai Tais on another lurid shirt 'n' tie combination, why bother doing more than the minimum?

[SIV]

This would never happen if Naomi Brockwell was the editor.

[Mickey Rat]

"When Obama took office," notes Dan Riffle of the Marijuana Policy Project, "he said that decisions in his administration would be guided by science, not by politics and ideology."

Dan Riffle took a politically ideological statement at face value. Democrat's claims to being guided by science were always an intellectual stolen base in the service of their extreme ideological position on abortion and related issues.

[x4rqcks3f]

"he said that decisions in his administration would be guided by science, not by politics and ideology"

It's tough to do science on a golf course.

[anomdebus]

http://reason.com/archives/201.....-marijuana