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Schedule 1 Narcotics List Says “No Accepted Medic Use in USA” but Marijuana Is on the List? Confused?

Question by Dan Kor: Schedule 1 narcotics list says “no accepted medic use in USA” but marijuana is on the list? confused?
I am reading in my text book it said Examples of schedule I narcotics, and I found Marijuana on it.

It also states that “No accepted medical use in the United states and possesses an extremely high potential for abuse”

But for california, it is a medical use, and it is in the United states obviously. So i did research and all webistes say weed is on narcotics I list…

Human Trafficking: A Fast Growing Industry

Human Trafficking: A Fast Growing Industry

Filed under: drug abuse wiki

Second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable illegal industry in the world, the total annual revenue for trafficking in persons were estimated to be between USD$ 5 billion and $ 9 billion in 2004, a Wikipedia report said. … Under its … Read more on Jobs & Hire

 


Addiction Treatment Centers | Los Angeles Drug Rehab Centers | Addiction Treatment Centers – http://rehabilitationlosangeles.net Addiction Treatment Centers plans focus on drug and alcohol use by means of counseling, sober living facilities, detox in…

Media Guilty of “Piling on” Rob and Doug Ford


Media Guilty of “Piling On” Rob and Doug Ford – http://www.nextsportstar.com NextSportStar’s Bryan Angus isn’t too pleased with how the Toronto media is handling the Rob Ford crack/cocaine scandal.

 

Plan Marks First Step on Cutting Drug Sentences

Filed under: about crack cocaine

In this Oct. 10, 2006 file photo, a Los Angeles police officer counts the number of doses of crack cocaine, as he files an evidence police report after a drug related arrest in downtown Los Angeles. Associated Press. The federal panel that makes … Read more on Wall Street Journal (blog)

Cops Nail Bieber's Friend With Drug Charge During Egg Raid

Cops nail Bieber's friend with drug charge during egg raid

Filed under: how much is crack cocaine

Cop trying to crack the Justin Bieber egg-tossing case found drugs at the singer's Southern California mansion — but the pop star was able to scramble his way out of trouble. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the drugs — initially … Read more on New York Daily News

 

TCSO makes record cocaine bust

Filed under: how much is crack cocaine

For Four-Eyes Only: The Google Glass Future Is Here

For four-eyes only: The Google Glass future is here

Filed under: substance abuse counselor

Or to put it into terms a court-mandated substance abuse counselor might use, "Just take it one step at a time." That's the RXC strategy for CES: one step at a time. But drug counselors get 12 steps, whereas I only have five to seven depending on the … Read more on InfoWorld

 


Lesson 1 – Introduction to Drug, Alcohol and Addiction Counseling – This first lecture is an overview of addictions, the substance abuse counselor and the counseling field.

Thinking of Drinking on New Year's Eve? Then Don't Drive, Warn Local Cops

Thinking of drinking on New Year's Eve? Then don't drive, warn local cops

Filed under: immediate effects of cocaine

“That decision will have irreversible consequences for many other people — and for the perpetrator.” … grant, some of those sobriety checkpoints will be equipped with new technology capable of checking a driver's saliva — instead of blood, which is … Read more on Los Angeles Daily News

 

Top 10 local news stories of 2013

Filed under: immediate effects of cocaine

Obama Commutes Sentences of 8 Crack Cocaine Offenders

Obama commutes sentences of 8 crack cocaine offenders

Filed under: crack cocaine penalties

WASHINGTON — President Obama, condemning mandatory minimum sentences and disproportionately harsh sentences for crack cocaine as unjust, has commuted the prison terms of eight convicted offenders. The move is part of the Obama administration's … Read more on Los Angeles Times

 

Obama reduces McKinney man's crack cocaine sentence

Filed under: crack cocaine penalties

Obama commuted the sentences of eight people serving life terms for possession of crack cocaine. Jason Hernandez of McKinney was sentenced in October 1998 when he was 21. Obama reduced that to 20 years, of which Hernandez has served 15. Read more on Dallas Morning News

Obama Could Have Been Clarence Aaron

Obama could have been Clarence Aaron

Filed under: crack cocaine history

PardonPower blogger P.S. Ruckman placed Obama "among the most merciless presidents in the history of the United States." Obama did sign the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which reduced the disparity between cocaine and crack sentences, which … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

 


Blacks & Mexicans unite for Oscar Grant after Mehserle verdict in Los Angeles – On Thursday, Oscar Grant supporters organized a rally at Leimert Park in South Los Angeles after Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter …

Former Juvenile Delinquent Describes How Kalamazoo County Program Turned

Former juvenile delinquent describes how Kalamazoo County program turned

Filed under: residential drug treatment

At 14, he was busted for drug possession. By 15, his arrest sheet was quickly filling up. The Parchment … It's housed in a separate 15-bed unit designed specifically for long-term residential treatment. Silvas spent 13 months in the program, which … Read more on Mlive Kalamazoo

 


Residential Drug Treatment Programs Part 4 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlGRdYQjp9g To watch all four parts of this Residential Drug Treatment Programs video, click the link above in this description.

 

Cracked: Rob Ford and the Death of Shame

Cracked: Rob Ford and the death of shame

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Documentary

ROFO madness is when you smoke crack cocaine and show up in videos making death threats. Your mother blames it on your weight problem. … Then, in another home movie, he ranted about poking someone's eyes out, as well as making a few other alterations … Read more on iPolitics.ca (subscription)

 

Memories of a Fighter

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Documentary