Governors Ask U.S. to Ease Rules on Marijuana

  The governors from Washington and Rhode Island petitioned a law to the federal government on Wednesday to try and readjust the marijuana as a drug with accepted medical uses.  They said the change is needed in some states like theirs.  These two states have decriminalized marijuana for medical purposes.  As of now their is only 16 states that allowed the medical use of marijuana which are trying to distribute the grow to the other states.  As of now marijuana is now currently a schedule 1 controlled substance.  In a schedule 1 is also the same category that heroin and LSD are found in.  Many states are not very approving of this because such drugs have a very high rate for being abused.  They are trying to move Marijuana to be classified as a schedule 2 drug instead of a schedule 1 drug.  In a schedule 2 drug is the same category as an cocaine and morphine.  This has been a debate for many years and im sure that it will not be settled anytime soon.