Patients' Lawsuit Forces Federal Gov't to Answer 9-Year-Old Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Petition

[DreamSmoker]

Source: ASA

Washington, DC -- Less than two months after patient advocates filed a lawsuit compelling the federal government to answer a 9-year-old petition to reschedule medical marijuana, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today made official its denial of the petition in the Federal Register. The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC), which includes patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed the petition in 2002 seeking to reclassify marijuana from its current status as a dangerous drug with no medical value, but never heard from the federal government until it received the denial.

In its denial of the CRC petition, the government concluded that "marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no accepted medical use in the United States, and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision," recommending that marijuana remain in Schedule I. "Although this superficially looks like a defeat for the medical marijuana community," said Joe Elford, ASA Chief Counsel and lead counsel in the recent lawsuit. "It simply maintains the status quo," Elford continued. "More importantly, however, we have foiled the government's strategy of delay and we can now go head-to-head on the merits, that marijuana really does have therapeutic value." ASA intends to appeal the government's denial of the petition to the D.C. Circuit as soon as possible.

Read more: http://americansforsafeaccess.org/article.php?id=6703

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Now lets move forward and get this done..
Its obvious that this Government has a agenda..
Still using 40yr old excuses that are Bullshit at best...
Totally ignoring all or any Facts and stalling...
MMMM Sounds alot like the Repukes in Congress today..

[zalinda]

1. Doesn't the government provide weed to some

patients? So, are they going to stop supplying it?

zalinda

[Kurmudgeon]

2. Let's hope the appeal is successful and not delayed or circumvented.

[indepat]

3. Rabidly cruel and fallacious/false RW balderdash/male bovine excrement imo

:patriot:

[AndyTiedye]

4. Sadly, the War on Pot is THE Most Sacred Cow in Washington

They are talking about cutting Social Security and Medicare.
They are even talking (a little) about cutting the military.

But cutting the War on Pot? NEVER! :wtf: