Congress has amended the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act to create special provisions for the faculty of Ivy League Universities. A special drug scheduling classification system has been created specifically for these professors. The scheduling system allows for drugs such as heroin and cocaine to be classified as having little to no potential for abuse just for these elite professors, without affecting their legality for everyone else. Heroin has been the first drug added to this list, but more drugs are planned to be added in the coming weeks. The changes were spurned by the testimony of Carl Hart, an outspoken heroin-user and professor of psychology at Columbia University.
Hart has performed extensive research into the effects marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine have on Ivy League educators and researchers. He and his colleagues found their experiences with the drugs to be overwhelmingly positive. Hart concluded that their intelligence, in combination with the confidence and gravitas that comes from being an Ivy League Professor, makes them immune to the drugs’ addictive qualities. The new changes to the law conclude a yearlong effort by Hart for evidence based legal reforms that would allow faculty at America’s most elite institutions to recreationally use the drugs of their choosing without legal repercussion. Previously, professor’s needed federal approval to supply their research habit, but now can obtain needed substances within hours. The changes take effect in August and congress is exploring extending the protections to similarly elevated groups such as politicians and clergyman.