Each drug listed as a scheduled controlled substance should be rescheduled by a panel of medical experts, based on actual data on those drugs.
For instance:
Cannabis, and naturally occurring psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms are categorized as schedule I still at the federal level, indicating they have no accepted medical use and high potential for abuse.
Substances such as methamphetamine, cocaine, etc carry a lower scheduling.
There needs to be massive reform with the DEA, and actual, science-based laws around each scheduled substance that are designed to benefit the people.
Along with this, there also needs accountability for organizations that have repeatedly called harmful, synthetic drugs with serious side affects medicines, while calling natural medicines like Cannabis dangerous drugs.
Those companies should be forced to pay out reparations to those who have been convicted of a felony or served jail time for simple possession of any of these natural occurring substances.
Also, any time an illegal controlled substance is seized and someone is prosecuted, it should be made MANDATORY that the destruction of the substance is documented with extensive, detailed records. There are many of us that believe there is some high level corruption going on, where when illegal drugs are seized, they are later on sold back onto the streets.
Failure to properly document the destruction of a controlled substance that is seized should carry a very serious penalty resulting in prison time.
If the controlled substance seized is “lost” or cannot be located after someone has been prosecuted, the case should be thrown out entirely, and a full investigation should occur.
Unedited body camera footage should also be REQUIRED to convict someone of any crime during a traffic stop.