Criminal
Nov. 15, 2014
Heroin, of course, is worse than marijuana
One of the recurring mysteries of federal drug law is why marijuana is classified alongside heroin in the most serious category of controlled substances, known as Schedule I. By Alex Kreit
One of the recurring mysteries of federal drug law is why marijuana is classified alongside heroin in the most serious category of controlled substances, known as Schedule I. For comparison, cocaine sits in the less restrictive Schedule II while a synthetic THC pill marketed under the trade name Marinol is in Schedule III.
That's right, a synthetic version of marijuana's chief mind-altering constituent, tetrahydrocannabinol, is two rungs down from the plant itself as far as fe...
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