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> If you're using Vicodins legal status (requires prescription) as a comparison then pot and cocaine are already legal. I believe in legalization, but this thi
by llimllib 16y ago
> If you're using Vicodins legal status (requires prescription) as a comparison then pot and cocaine are already legal.
I believe in legalization, but this this is false (in the US at least). Pot is a Schedule I prohibited substance, Cocaine is a Schedule II prescription drug, and Vicodin is Schedule III. Each schedule carries with it a large difference in how available and legal a drug is.
"legal" is a spectrum, and vicodin is much more legal than pot or cocaine are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act#Schedules_of_controlled_substances http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act#Sched...
- matwood 16y agoWhile that is true on a federal level it is quite a bit different on a state level. In CO for example, pot is very simple to get legally. You can tell a doctor you have head aches, back pain, whatever and quickly get a pot card. When it comes to pot it is legally easier to get than an endless prescription of vicodin. At one point they had 'doctors' onsite at the pot dispensaries, but I think they may have recently changed that part. You are right that cocaine is more strictly controlled than either of the other substances, but the original point I was making is that you can't use vicodin as an example of a legal substance when it's not freely available.