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In reply to the discussion: A question: When Pot is legal nationwide... [View all]fredamae
(4,458 posts)the plant cannabis do you consider a "drug"? All parts? Or just particular parts.
The term "drug"used in context with cannabis have become so negative and misused and we have been so conditioned for 80 years to equate it with and as listed in the federal CSA-as bad or worse than Heroin, Coke and Meth--where-as highly addictive and deadly substances like caffeine, refined sugar, alcohol and nicotine--all requiring processing to become usable are GRAS. We Know they're harmful substances--but rarely are they called "drugs".
Cannabis needs no alteration nor processing, aside from air drying, to become usable.
There seems to be a rather "selective" application and meaning of the term "drug"
Show me the science.
Cannabis is a mild intoxicant and to varying degrees-so are nutmeg, catnip, chamomile, st. johns wort and more. Are they considered drugs also? Why is cannabis singled out and so demonized?