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So wait. According to UN cannabis was more strictly limited than cocaine? Based on perusal on the drug categories before this change one could get prescription

So wait. According to UN cannabis was more strictly limited than cocaine? Based on perusal on the drug categories before this change one could get prescription of cocaine but not cannabis. This is absolutely hilarious.

scns 6y ago
When you smuggle cocaine and get caught, you can be sentenced for tax evasion, since cocaine is used as a local anaestethic for eye operations.
wincy 6y ago
The thinking goes that cocaine has use as a medicine for end of life care (milk of the poppy and all that). I worked with a guy who used to be a pharmacist that would mix it for end of life patients. They got raided by the DEA once, despite being above board and not breaking any laws. Marijuana is seen as having no medically accepted use, therefore it’s more illegal than cocaine. This just happens to work out for those with more money who are more likely to do cocaine than they are schedule 1 drugs like marijuana and crack (which is basically refined cocaine)
- nerdponx 6y ago
  Marijuana is seen as having no medically accepted use, therefore it’s more illegal than cocaine. Except at this point it's obvious to even the most arrogant "evidence-based" medicine advocate that marijuana is indeed medically useful, and moreover that it is neither highly addicting nor dangerous, and that Schedule 1 classification for it makes absolutely no medical or legal sense.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > The thinking goes that cocaine has use as a medicine for end of life care (milk of the poppy and all that). “Milk of the poppy” is obviously a stand-in for opiates (derived from the opium poppy), not cocaine. But, yes, There is a history of cocaine being used with opiates as a pain treatment, especially in end-of-life cases. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompton_cocktail https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompton_cocktail
  - wincy 6y ago
    Oh yeah my bad, mixed up my drug plants, thanks!
monocasa 6y ago
Cocaine is one of the few combination anesthetics and vasoconstrictors, so it has valid medical uses.
- sharpneli 6y ago
  This was news for me. Thanks for pointing this out. Makes sense to have cocaine at Schedule I. Still, having Cannabis at Schedule IV is funny.

scns 6y ago

When you smuggle cocaine and get caught, you can be sentenced for tax evasion, since cocaine is used as a local anaestethic for eye operations.

wincy 6y ago

The thinking goes that cocaine has use as a medicine for end of life care (milk of the poppy and all that). I worked with a guy who used to be a pharmacist that would mix it for end of life patients. They got raided by the DEA once, despite being above board and not breaking any laws. Marijuana is seen as having no medically accepted use, therefore it’s more illegal than cocaine. This just happens to work out for those with more money who are more likely to do cocaine than they are schedule 1 drugs like marijuana and crack (which is basically refined cocaine)

nerdponx 6y ago
Marijuana is seen as having no medically accepted use, therefore it’s more illegal than cocaine. Except at this point it's obvious to even the most arrogant "evidence-based" medicine advocate that marijuana is indeed medically useful, and moreover that it is neither highly addicting nor dangerous, and that Schedule 1 classification for it makes absolutely no medical or legal sense.
dragonwriter 6y ago
> The thinking goes that cocaine has use as a medicine for end of life care (milk of the poppy and all that). “Milk of the poppy” is obviously a stand-in for opiates (derived from the opium poppy), not cocaine. But, yes, There is a history of cocaine being used with opiates as a pain treatment, especially in end-of-life cases. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompton_cocktail https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompton_cocktail
- wincy 6y ago
  Oh yeah my bad, mixed up my drug plants, thanks!

monocasa 6y ago

Cocaine is one of the few combination anesthetics and vasoconstrictors, so it has valid medical uses.

sharpneli 6y ago
This was news for me. Thanks for pointing this out. Makes sense to have cocaine at Schedule I. Still, having Cannabis at Schedule IV is funny.