Pubdate: Sun, 17 Aug 2014
Source: Tampa Tribune (FL)
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Author: Michael J. Dee
Section: Views
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POLITICAL QUESTION

The ignored fact about the classification of marijuana as a Schedule 
I drug is what determines medicinal use. It is not scientific medical 
research. It is written in the law. Safety of use determines 
medicinal use. Marijuana is not dangerous. It is safer to abuse than 
alcohol. No one has died from over consuming marijuana. Marijuana is 
arbitrarily classified as a controlled substance, and that violates 
due process of law.

The scheduling of marijuana as a Schedule I drug is required by 
federal law to be in compliance with United Nations' Single 
Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, which is subjected to 
constitutional limitation of a party under Article 36.

Police power is either reasonable or unreasonable. To be reasonable, 
there must be a victim. The judiciary has declared that marijuana 
laws are a political question.

MICHAEL J. DEE, AUGUSTA, MAINE
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