because this stupid government still insists that pot is so much more harmful the coke, speed, smack even though the proof is there for all logical thinking people to see ...oh I forgot this government hasn't got a logical brain amoungst it

The DEA has a pretty comprehensive list of their scheduling practices. Substances are categorized on several aspects one that separates cocaine from cannabis is that they don't admit that the cannabis plant has medical use. And that is why it is considered on a harsher schedule than cocaine. These are a list of the schedule parameters form the DEA site: (1) Schedule I. - (A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. (B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. (C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. (2) Schedule II. - (A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. (B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions. (C) Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. (3) Schedule III. - (A) The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II. (B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. (C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychologicaldependence. (4) Schedule IV. - (A) The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III. (B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. (C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III. (5) Schedule V. - (A) The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV. (B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. (C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV. Yeah, I agree with you guys, it is wack. Doesn't seem to fit even with their definition make it sound more harmful than most drugs and also elude to cannabis being addictive, and it had shown no signs of physiological addiction ever, nor in anyone. So... it is crap but what can you do they are the government and they can tax or snuff out which ever substances that they like to. They can do whatever they want. Damn the man! Question authority... think for yourself!

Ask 'Chemist' mentioned, any drug with an "accepted" medical use in U.S.A. can be scheduled no higher than Schedule 2. According to draconian U.S. drug policy railroaded with the help of William R. Hurst and yellow journalism (the hemp plant would have put Hurst's paper production operation out of business), marijuana is considered to have to accepted medical uses. (The resulting logic is circular. Because marijuana has no medical uses, there is no opportunity to test for legitimate uses through research studies, thus there are no studies validating any legitimate uses of marijuana.) This differs from Cocaine because Cocaine does have an accepted medical use is this country as a very powerful yet safe topical anesthetic useful for delicate surgeries involving for example the eye. Lidocaine /Novocaine is related to cocaine and used frequently by dentists. (Incidently, lidocaine is often used to cut cocaine to fake the numbing sensation of cocaine.) As more synthetic relatives of cocaine have been synthesized, the use of cocaine has been phased out.)