For some reason, people always tend to think that when the government does something, or passes a law, they’ve actually put some significant scientific study into the matter. This is almost never true, and when they do study an issue, they somehow always come to justify their original hypotheses. That’s how they continue to justify the prohibition of marijuana, and other drugs, that have significant medical applications, or are only dangerous because of the drug war.

That prohibition is based on bad science because it’s done for the purpose of proving the government’s hypothesis that drugs should be illegal. People are given government grants and told what to prove, then they figure out a way to prove it. That’s not science. Those are the people that say your brain on ecstasy is like a fried egg, or make other such hyperbolic claims. Fortunately real drug facts like this graphic are easy to come by because so few serious people actually believe the government’s propaganda.

Even the Federal Drug Schedule is unscientific, that’s the basis for all drug prohibition in the United States. It’s supposed to rank drugs Schedule 1-5 based on their medical potential, and their potential for abuse. Schedule 1 Drugs are the most dangerous, and therefore are the most highly restricted and prohibited. They’re said to have no medical use, and a high potential for abuse. It’s easy to see how unscientific the drug schedule is from looking at just one drug, marijuana, which is a Schedule 1 drug.

This rest of the graphic makes it even more clear. It’s obvious how completely random the government is when it makes things illegal. Their scientists don’t understand basic principles like the Therapeutic Ratio. That’s the ratio of effective doses over a potentially lethal dose; it determines substances toxicity. Heroin has a ratio of 1/6 meaning it’s very toxic, and is therefore a Schedule 1 Drug. But, then why is marijuana a Schedule 1 Drug? It’s impossible to overdose on marijuana, it’s therapeutic ratio is immeasurable because it’s so non-toxic. It also has a high potential for medical use.

As you can see, the Federal Drug Schedule has absolutely no scientific reasoning behind it at all. Some addictive or toxic things are legal, some aren’t. Some medically useful drugs are legal, some aren’t. It all depends on which politician gets which bill passed to benefit the paper industry, or the pharmaceutical industry, or the alcohol or tobacco industries.

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