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DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana
DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuanai toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesThe 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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DEA Says ‘No’ To Rescheduling Marijuana
The Drug Enforcement Administration just determined (yet again) that cannabis will remain as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act.This means the federal government still believes cannabis has 1) a high potential for abuse, 2) no currently accepted medical application, and 3) lacks safety standards that make it acceptable for medical use.Other Schedule I drugs include heroin and LSD.
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What the DEA Ruling on Marijuana Classification Means for the Legalization Movement
The Drug Enforcement Agency on Thursday once again denied a bid to remove marijuana from the list of Schedule I drugs — a classification that denotes pot as a dangerous drug with “no medical use” similar to that of heroin and LSD.But experts say the ruling will have almost no impact on the movement to legalize cannabis in states throughout the country.”Scheduling is a really misunderstood part of drug policy,” said John Hudak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who studies marijuana policy.
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