CBD May Put An End To Medical Marijuana Controversy
The Cannabis CBD Controversy. Cannabis Sativa, the plant commonly known as marijuana, has been controversial since the 1600s. In the early 1920s prohibition of marijuana began and fell under national regulation as a narcotic in 1937. In 1970 the Controlled Substance Act gave it a Schedule 1 classification claiming marijuana had a high potential for abuse and no medicinal value.
Political agendas aside, scientists in other countries have since discovered significant medicinal value of marijuana, but there remains the controversy over the high potential for abuse. I do not believe that marijuana has higher potential for abuse than any other drug and therefore should have the same legal controls and freedoms.
California was the first to make marijuana legal for medicinal purposes in 1996. Since then 22 other states, and Washington D.C., made medical marijuana legal. And four states currently...
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