Oregon makes Marijuana a Schedule II Drug

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And one more step towards marijuana reform! woohoo!

SALEM, Ore. - The State of Oregon has re-classified how it views marijuana.

The State Board of Pharmacy voted Wednesday to recognize pot as a drug that has medical use.

The move came because of a law passed last year that ordered marijuana to be removed from a list of drugs that have "high abuse potential and no acceptable medical use."

Marijuana will now be what is known as a "Schedule II controlled substance." That's a drug that has medical use but still has "high abuse potential."

Oregon becomes the first state in the nation to make marijuana anything less serious than a Schedule I drug.
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I don't k now where they got that last part, but North Carolina has had a special schedule used only for cannabis, which is schedule 6, below lyrica even, so yea
 
How is this really different from state sanctioned medical marijuana? Its still schedule I federally and illegal without a prescription. Or is this just a technicality
 
Bardo5 said:
How is this really different from state sanctioned medical marijuana? Its still schedule I federally and illegal without a prescription. Or is this just a technicality
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Because medical marijuana only applies to people that have been authorized to buy and use it through a MMJ card.

So your local teenage stoner in oregon without a med card isn't royally boned if he is caught.

@Fatstep: I was unaware of any sort of separate state scheduling laws but another poster brought it up in CD, so it's a definite possibility.
 
Roose said:
So your local teenage stoner in oregon without a med card isn't royally boned if he is caught.
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he wouldn't be fucked really anyway, Oregon is SUPER lax about pot here, apparently at New Seasons, they only drug test for the "big 3" - heroin cocaine and meth. they discount any pot results.
and i think our pot cafe is still open.
 
Fatstep is right:

§ 90‑94. Schedule VI controlled substances.

This schedule includes the controlled substances listed or to be listed by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name, or trade name designated. In determining that such substance comes within this schedule, the Commission shall find: no currently accepted medical use in the United States, or a relatively low potential for abuse in terms of risk to public health and potential to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability based upon present medical knowledge, or a need for further and continuing study to develop scientific evidence of its pharmacological effects.

The following controlled substances are included in this schedule:

(1) Marijuana.

(2) Tetrahydrocannabinols. (1971, c. 919, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 1358, s. 15; 1977, c. 667, s. 3; 1981, c. 51, s. 9; 1997‑456, s. 27.)
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North Carolina Controlled Substances Act
 
qwe said:
would it depend on whether the arrested person is sent to a federal or state court?
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Assuming most states are the same it entirely will depend upon what agency you're arrested by, and thanks for getting a source for me seep.
 
This is great news :D, it makes no sense whatsoever to have cannabis schedule I when we have "medical marijuana". I also had no idea about NC and schedule IV.
 
Roose said:
So your local teenage stoner in oregon without a med card isn't royally boned if he is caught.
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na, it makes doing research easier though. there is no direct correlation between sched. and severity of punishment. in my state: vicodin is sched IV (edit: nope, III), but get caught selling it and look forward to some time in prison. Pot is sched I but probation is standard for distribution. Possession of of vicodin is a felony, but possession of pot is not even a full misdemeanor (essentially in between a misdemeanor and a traffic ticket).

i thought the drug schedule thing was a federal deal though.
 
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high abuse potential? I saw a chart once and pot as much less abuse potential than even cigarettes
 
Cobain33 said:
high abuse potential? I saw a chart once and pot as much less abuse potential than even cigarettes
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hydroazuanacaine said:
^and you believed it? haven't you tried both?
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I believe it... Do you have any reason not to?

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Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction treatment

Nutt D, King LA, Saulsbury W, Blakemore C (March 2007). "Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse". Lancet 369 (9566): 1047–53. PMID 17382831
 
Divine Moments said:
I believe it... Do you have any reason not to?
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yes, because while they may be more physically addicting, a cigarette is no where near as recreational as a joint. i'd say a cigg is about as recreational as a cup of coffee, maybe.

that chart is nothing. it is just the results of a poll concerning doctors' perceptions concerning different rec. drugs. in addition to only being about perceptions, it also says nothing about recreational value, only (general?) dependence and physical harm.
 
its a shame its all about marijauna and no legalization for anything else is in sight
 
I surprisingly had not heard this. I will have to seek a better source than a stupid PDX TV news outlet.

I have not seen any change in how criminal possession/manufacture/delivery cases are filed by the State, despite the article's reference to a 2009 law that supposedly changed the designation.
The move came because of a law passed last year that ordered marijuana to be removed from a list of drugs that have "high abuse potential and no acceptable medical use."
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Based on the limited role of the Oregon Board of Pharmacy, I think this is mainly a procedural prescription policy decision, reflecting existing OMMP legislation and perhaps attempting to accommodate Proposition 74 should it pass.
The Board does not seem to have any affect on the Oregon Revised Statutes / criminal penal code, which is the Legislature's responsibility.

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The Oregon State Board of Pharmacy consists of seven members. Five of these members are licensed pharmacists and two are representatives of the public. The Governor appoints each member of the Board for a term of four years, subject to approval by the State Senate. No member of the Board may serve more than two consecutive full terms.

The Board regulates the Practice of Pharmacy and enforces laws regarding pharmacists, drug outlets and the sale of drugs in Oregon. The Board generally meets in alternate months for a two-day meeting where disciplinary cases are reviewed and current issues are discussed. These meetings are open to the public.

The Board was created in 1891. By licensing pharmacists, it ensures that only qualified people practice pharmacy in Oregon. The Board registers and inspects retail and hospital pharmacies and stores that sell over-the-counter drugs. It also registers and inspects drug wholesalers and manufacturers, and regulates the quality and distribution of all drugs in Oregon.
 
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