That is how this sort of thing should be handled in a functional country -- unfortunately ours isn't, and even rescheduling cannabis to schedule III (as has bee

That is how this sort of thing should be handled in a functional country -- unfortunately ours isn't, and even rescheduling cannabis to schedule III (as has been proposed) will inevitably be a massive political fight. Worse: the opponents of rescheduling often hypocritically use the lack of research to justify their opposition. These state-level laws, as awkward as they may occasionally be, open up an opportunity to build a fact-based case for rescheduling (or descheduling) drugs at the federal level in the longer term. I at least don't see any other realistic way of reaching that point.