Ohio, where recreational marijuana is legal, raked in $11 million in the first five days, complicating Kentucky’s medical marijuana plans.
Kentucky has previously allowed residents with at least one of 21 conditions, such as muscular dystrophy and cancer,
to legally use medical cannabis if they meet the conditions. You must purchase it in a state where cannabis is regulated in the U.S.,
you can’t possess more than 8 ounces at a time, and you must have a medical certificate stating that you suffer from one or more of the 21 diseases.
Those who meet all of these requirements can legally purchase cannabis in another state and bring it into Kentucky.
Even with this clear medical marijuana program in place, some people have been buying recreational marijuana in Ohio and bringing it into Kentucky, which is strictly illegal.
HHS Devises Alternative Test for Medical Marijuana
Recent scientific research has prompted HHS to devise an alternative test for medical use that is more empirical.
As a result, more than 30,000 healthcare providers have already recommended marijuana to their patients,
demonstrating its medical use, and it has been argued that marijuana should be rescheduled.
Loopholes in HHS’s Alternative Testing
However, opponents of this alternative test argue that other psychedelics do not have the same clinical experience and are unlikely to be rescheduled because they do not have the same level of public support as marijuana.
To address this issue, instead of creating a new medical use test, the agency should consider all three characteristics of a drug when determining its schedule and not place it in Schedule 1 simply because it has no medical use.