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> This is unfortunate because that schedule makes things much more difficult to study. I'd think it goes the other way too. I've worked in a lab as a data ent
by rdtsc 10y ago
> This is unfortunate because that schedule makes things much more difficult to study.
I'd think it goes the other way too. I've worked in a lab as a data entry helper for studies of opiods on different tissues. They had no problem getting funding for their studies. I would imagine it was because it was related to War On Drugs. So there was an element of "let's show the world how terrible these drugs are, here is some money".
Experiments used fentanyl and naloxone. Aside from keeping fenanyl locked and logging/auditing its usage and waste, don't remember professors or grad students complaining about it being hard to study.
- BurningFrog 10y agoThen why is it near impossible to study Marijuana?
- elcct 10y agoBecause Marijuana is very dangerous. Sometimes even one snort can land you in jail for life... I don't think anyone in a right mind would like to risk it.
- danblick 10y agoPoe's law?
- mattstreet 10y agoHere's the part that made his point clear: "in jail for life" - it's the law that causes the danger.
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoIt is classified as Schedule I, not Schedule II. The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical treatment use in the U.S. There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or substance under medical supervision. Schedule I drugs: Heroin (diacetylmorphine) LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) Marijuana (cannabis, THC) Mescaline (Peyote) MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or “ecstasy”) GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid) Ecstasy (MDMA or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) Psilocybin Methaqualone (Quaalude) Khat (Cathinone) Bath Salts (3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone or MDPV)
- mighty_atomic_c 10y agoDone forget beta-carbolines and a handful of tryptamines that are always present in the human body, and also Schedule I.
- oxide 10y agoFentanyl is Schedule II, though. Ulterior motives aside, how about if you wanted to run that same study with LSD? Would a Schedule I drug have been as accessible as a Schedule II drug?
- rdtsc 10y agoAh, I didn't know, it seemed dangerous enough by the amount of logging and tracking we had to do.
- pault 10y agoFentanyl is incredibly dangerous (it's what killed Prince). Here's a depressing vice episode about its use in Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28rJqj-7pEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28rJqj-7pEY