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>THC is already an approved drug in the US under the name nabilone. It’s schedule 2. Nabilone is a THC analog, with a slightly different molecular makeup than
by 24gttghh 8y ago
>THC is already an approved drug in the US under the name nabilone. It’s schedule 2.
Nabilone is a THC analog, with a slightly different molecular makeup than THC extracted from Cannabis. So no, THC is not schedule 2 under US law, as it is explicitly listed schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act.
Granted, the WHO recommends it be listed schedule III or IV, which I agree with...
- refurb 8y agoGood point on nabilone being an analogue, not THC itself. I guess my point is that the DEA doesn’t require it’s scheduling to be logical at all.
- joveian 8y agoThere is also GHB/sodium oxybate. It would be nice if this approval caused a major shift, but I tend to doubt it.
- beefman 8y agoMarinol was approved in 1985 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dronabinol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dronabinol
- refurb 8y agoThank you! That was the drug I was thinking of, not nabilone. It’s THC, the same as in marijuana.