Nixon Didn't Read the Whole Thing Either

In 1970 Richard Nixon’s Shafer Commission formally denounced marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I drug, arguing in response to the United States Controlled Substances Act that A) marijuana is not chemically addictive, B) marijuana is commonly known to be an effective painkiller, particularly in instances of glaucoma and chemotherapy, and C) though the plant does inebriate its user there has never been a reported death from overdosing on cannabis. Rumor has it, Nixon never read the report the Shafer Commission placed on his desk. As the story goes, Nixon saw the cover page, disliked what he read there, and trashed the whole thing.