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Originally Posted by Ozarkz
Imagine if they did this with every other drug people use.
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Actually, that's the part that gets really scary. Congress doesn't hold hearings for which recreational drug to ban, they came up with a more "efficient" system. They passed the Controlled Substances Act and tasked the DOJ and HHS with putting drugs in a CLASSIFICATION system. If the DOJ/HHS decide to ban a drug, they just reclassify it. It used to take FOREVER to ban drugs (pre 1930s). Now, as in the case of Ecstacy in the mid80s., a drug can become illegal with the publication on the Federal Register notifying the public of a drug reclassification. Very quick. No fuss. No muss.