The University of Mississippi Center for Practical Ethics hosted a faculty panel about legislation for cannabis through Compass, the center's affiliated registered student organization, on Monday, April 20. This faculty panel was part of the program's regular Monday meeting.
Kate Centellas, associate professor of anthropology in the Croft Institute for International Studies, was one of the faculty members on the panel. She spoke about the negative effects of the "War on Drugs" on community relations and the economy.
"I think one of the big issues I've seen, especially since working in Latin America, is the tremendous impact the 'war on drugs' has had on people who are the poorest and least resource-able to deal with the effects of plants being dredged out of the ground," Centellas said.
On April 23, the U.S. Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration issued an executive order rescheduling certain cannabis products from Schedule I to Schedule III. Program Manager for the National Center for Cannabis Research & Education Callie Anyon-Draine explained how federal drug classification works.
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