Marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug despite being shown to have several medical applications and questionable addictive properties. Currently, the Federal Government and States are at odds as to the harm of this drug.
Based on your research, is this drug scheduled correctly?
Is there a neurological basis from which to argue that marijuana is not in the same class as heroin in terms of hijacking the brain? Please provide peer reviewed research to justify your position
Drug Policy Alliance. (2019). Removing marijuana from the Schedule of Controlled Substances. Retrieved from Drug Policy Alliance website: http://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/marijuana-scheduling_january_2019_0.pdf
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Substance related and addictive disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
NIDA. (2018, July 20). Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction
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National Institute on Drug Abuse. (n.d.). Drugs of Abuse. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse
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