laweekly : Marijuana reclassification request rejected by DEA
Why Marijuana Legalization May Not Benefit Medical Cannabis Researchers Until DEA Rescheduling
Will passage of Prop 64 help marijuana businesses, or will they still be roadblocked by the Federal government?Timothy Norris/L.A.WeeklyThis November, California voters are expected to pass Prop 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which will effectively make recreational pot use legal in the state.
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Marijuana reclassification request rejected by DEA
The Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday denied requests to change the legal classification of marijuana, shooting down advocates’ latest push to get the drug federally approved for medical purposes.In an announcement published in the Federal Register, DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg wrote that an evaluation by the Department of Health and Human Services concluded the drug “has no currently accepted medical use in treatment” and “a high potential for abuse.”“If the scientific understanding about marijuana changes — and it could change — the decision could change,” Mr. Rosenberg wrote in a letter to petitioners.“It certainly would be odd to rely on science when it suits us and ignore it otherwise.”The DEA concluded it could not downgrade marijuana from a Schedule I classification, considered the most dangerous class of drugs.
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DEA Declines to Loosen Marijuana Restrictions, Keeps It in Same Category as Heroine and Cocaine
× DEA Declines to Loosen Marijuana Restrictions, Keeps It in Same Category as Heroine and CocaineMarijuana will remain a schedule l controlled substance, which declares it has “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” the Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday.This keeps the drug in the same category as heroin and cocaine.The announcement is in response to two recent petitions asking the agency to reconsider this designation for the benefit of scientific research.
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DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana
The Obama administration has denied a bid by two Democratic governors to reconsider how it treats marijuana under federal drug control laws, keeping the drug for now, at least, in the most restrictive category for U.S. law enforcement purposes.Drug Enforcement Administration chief Chuck Rosenberg says the decision is rooted in science.Rosenberg gave “enormous weight” to conclusions by the Food and Drug Administration that marijuana has “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States,” and by some measures, it remains highly vulnerable to abuse as the most commonly used illicit drug across the nation.
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