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I respect Jerry Wade's position of trying to keep the issue of legalizing the medicinal aspects of cannabis apart from the legalization of marijuana. That is an uphill battle given the fact that marijuana is listed as a schedule one drug in Oregon and by the feds. As such, marijuana cannot, by law, even be made available as medicine; schedule one precludes marijuana to be prescribed by doctors.

Yes, THC is listed as schedule three which also leads to the conclusion that controlled substance laws, as applied to cannabis is illogical, irrational, and perhaps the most damaging laws to the rights, health, and general welfare of citizens (even deadly given the outgrowth of the militarization of law enforcement as a result). The controlled substance laws has damaged our constitutional republic almost as much as slavery laws. In fact, the history cannabis prohibition is directly founded upon racial discrimination, absurd lies, political repression.

One wonders about those who keep pushing these accute aburdities given the documentated history of prohibition. These prohibitionist must represent evil personified. I mean, the destruction of families, careers, reputations and incarcerating people over a relatively harmless plant is mean spirited, hateful, and downright evil.

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