Wendy Chapkis

Cannabis, Consciousness, and Healing

Contemporary Justice Review December 1, 2007 Wendy Chapkis 16 citations

Federal drug policy defines marijuana as a prohibited Schedule 1 substance—a dangerous drug carrying a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. This classification is largely due to the drug's well‐known psychoactive effects (‘the high’). Because of this, even medical marijuana advocates have tended to downplay the consciousness‐altering properties of cannabis when arguing for the...