Abstract
It may be just a political ploy but reports that the White House wants to de‐schedule marijuana quickly came under scrutiny by Kevin Sabet of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). “While under [the Department of Health and Human Services] HHS's recommendation marijuana would remain illegal under federal law, the move flies in the face of science, reeks of politics, and would allow the industry to deduct business, promotional, and other expenses, like ads promoting kid‐friendly THC‐flavored gummies and candies by repealing Section 280E of the tax code. The addiction profiteers who have been exposed for lying about marijuana's physical, mental and economic impacts, are desperately looking for legitimacy in the wake of mounting evidence [that] their products are harming millions of Americans. It is regrettable that the Department of Health and Human Services' move now appears to be a nod to those monied interests.” And even Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D., whose work on marijuana research has often placed her in a difficult balancing act, came out strongly to state that marijuana is not good for the developing brain. “I feel frustrated that people are willing to sacrifice kids and young people for their quote‐unquote right to get high,” she told Science Daily this summer.
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