•Gives children wrong message- “drugs are good”
•Balkanizes the nation’s “national” drug strategy
•Subverts FDA’s science-based designation of medicinal
substances
•Increases taxpayers’ burden to litigate medical proof
issues, potential for conflicting results
and additional litigation costs
•Creates law enforcement conflicts- limited federal
prosecution and enforcement resources,
deputization and immunity issues, contraband seizure authority/immunity
•Pits federal government against the states- 10th Amendment
issues
•Contradicts U.S. international treaty obligations-
1961and 1972 treaties
•Causes confusion for drug-free workplace entities and
medical profession