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Monday, June 17, 2013

Scientists claim that prohibition on Schedule 1 drugs impede neuroscience research

Researchers have published an article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience (a monthly review journal affiliated with Nature, a prominent science publication), arguing that prohibitions on Schedule 1 drugs in the United States have significantly impeded neuroscience.  I believe it's time to completely redo the scheduling of illicit drugs - the current system is confusing and unfair (in the sense that certain drugs carry increased penalties based on their schedule regardless of their danger).

Links: http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nrn3530.html (Full text of article) Overview: http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/7467/20130612/scientists-believe-stats-psychedelic-drugs-key-research.htm

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