Obama really could magically make the medical marijuana issue disappear...

[RainDog]

45. In 1988, a DEA Administrative Judge MADE THE RULING

Judge Francis Young oversaw TWO YEARS worth of hearings on this issue and the Judge's recommendation was to remove cannabis from schedule I (no doctor may prescribe) to schedule II (doctors may prescribe.)

http://www.ccguide.org/young88.php

ONE PERSON, someone nominated to his position by Ronald Reagan, overturned the ruling. (John Lawn, who was Administrative Head of the DEA at that time.)

The Controlled Substances Act contains provisions that allows the DEA to remove something from the various drug schedules that does not require Congress - in fact, CONGRESS HAS LITTLE TO NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT DRUG SCHEDULES.

They created the Act to oversee the process. CONGRESS DOES NOT NEED TO BE INVOLVED, and rarely is involved.

So, honestly, your argument is ridiculous. Yes, Congress made the provision that others can reschedule drugs - that is, in fact, how resheduling hearings and petitions have commenced since the first one in 1975 on to the latest one. Congress has nothing to do with it.