If it is not a drug it is not under your jurisdiction. All plants
currently targeted by national and international law should be stricken
from the record. A plant is not a drug and cannot be one. The argument
that they can be abused or can be classified as precursors is mute
seeing as how plants like morning glory are widely available. There are
also numerous other native plants that contain other illegal substances that
are not illegal. The enforcement of laws against all plants that contain
any precursors or illegal substances would be impossible. The CSA and
international treaties were passed to go after the problem-ed abuse of
drugs such as the amphetamines when there was a problem with diversion
from pharmacy's. These laws(treaties) have been misused to attack the
spiritual use of many different plants, they have also been used to
attack those interested in the botanical use, the conservation and
collection of these plants. The controlled SUBSTANCES act should not
apply to plants. It is a miscarriage of justice that these plants have
been allowed to be slipped into the act and it should not stand. Nor
should the international laws.
You know whats funny? Cannabis is a plant, :O THC is a drug. And for the
past 4 decades a law passed in an effort to control addictive
substances Called the Controlled Substances Act has been abused and
misapplied to arrest people for possessing numerous different plants.
Including cannabis. A plant is not and cannot be a substance, therefore
any plant on such a list should be removed on the grounds that it does
not and cannot fit into being classified by by the CSA.
