Federal appeals court rejects bid to have marijuana reclassified Washington - A federal appeals court has rejected a petition to reclassify marijuana from its current status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use. The appeals court panel Tuesday turned away the bid from a medical marijuana group, Americans for Safe Access. Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration rejected a petition by medical marijuana advocates to change the classification. The court said that the question wasn't whether marijuana could have some medical benefits, but rather whether the DEA's decision was "arbitrary and capricious." The court concluded that the DEA action survives review under that standard. Marijuana is classified as a controlled substance, categorized as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use, together with drugs like heroin, LSD and ecstasy. Just in case you thought corporate money can't corrupt the judicial system.
Based upon the facts established in this record and set out above. one must reasonably conclude that there is accepted safety for use of. marijuana under medical supervision. To conclude otherwise, on this. record, would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious. Administrative Judge Young 1988 Judge Young - Part 4 And a lot of evidence of marijuana as a medicine has been added since 1988,,,this stinks of corruption so bad.
It's unbelievable how anti- human these policies really are... government-regulated alcohol products make an insane amount of money as alcoholics drink themselves to death. All the while the herb remains a friend and is illegal. What the fuck ?
is this "it" ? is that the decade coveted hearing for the repeal of Schedule One for cannabis, or will there be a future hearing?
And actually has been used as therapeutic drug. In sweden(or switzerland wherever hoffman is from) they have used it as treatment for fatal illnesses. Like when people is about to die they give them it to reduce premortem(?) anxiety. Aldous huxley style. And yes. It sucks that people keep their minds closed. makes me wanna go in a political killing spree(jk). But I've always wondered why psychos decide to go killing civilians and innocent people instead of corrupt people.
Some laws aren't even right. They are supposed to protect people, but goverments use them to set people's behaviours. Fuck that.
I've read about this, also saw this somewhere, "A 2005 paper published in Biological Psychiatry found that "...compared to Navajos with minimal substance use, the peyote group showed no significant deficits on the Rand Mental Health Inventory (RMHI) or any neuropsychological measures...", and that they scored significantly better than non-users on the "general positive affect" and "psychological well-being" measures of the RMHI, a standard instrument used to diagnose psychological problems and determine overall mental health. By contrast, alcohol abusers did significantly worse than the control group (non-users) in all measures of the RMHI."
Had real support been put behind Ron Paul all this shit would have been signed away by executive order at the inauguration. That's where all my support went no matter the fact it was as crooked and corrupt an election as any 4th world country only with big bank accounts playing the game. Disgusting.
3 Things that are beneficial to us that they don't want us to have: Cannabis , LSD , and Psilocybin Mushrooms. The mushrooms have also been proven to help with alzheimer's disease as well as other psychological disorders. I know that the latter two aren't allowed to be discussed but this is just an example of what is found in nature that is good for us that they don't want us to have. Little by little they are trying to make nature completely illegal for us to consume and use. Look at what they are doing to farmers. Monsanto is trying to fuck any farmer over who isn't using their seeds. So if you have heirloom seeds keep those fuckers and put them to good use.
I think people need to share this story on facebook or whatever social media, along with some explanation. Make sure people know that our government, right now, says marijuana is more harmful than cocaine and meth.
Remember people you STILL cannot discuss other drugs on GC. THose posting about other substances above will be receiving infractions
D.C. Circuit Denies Medical Marijuana Reclassification Challenge, Advocates Vow to Appeal Americans for Safe Access will seek En Banc review, continue fight to develop public health policy Washington, DC -- The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling today in the medical marijuana reclassification case, Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration. In a 2-1 decision, the Court granted standing in the case -- the right to bring a claim against the federal government -- but denied the legal challenge on the merits, agreeing with the government's assertion that "adequate and well-controlled studies" on the medical efficacy of marijuana do not exist. "To deny that sufficient evidence is lacking on the medical efficacy of marijuana is to ignore a mountain of well-documented studies that conclude otherwise," said Joe Elford, Chief Counsel with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country's leading medical marijuana advocacy organization, which appealed the denial of the rescheduling petition in January of last year. "The Court has unfortunately agreed with the Obama Administration's unreasonably raised bar on what qualifies as an 'adequate and well-controlled' study, thereby continuing their game of 'Gotcha.'" ASA intends to seek En Banc review by the full D.C. Circuit and,necessary, the organization will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. ASA intends to argue that the Obama Administration has acted arbitrarily and capriciously by using continually changing standards of "medical efficacy" in order to maintain marijuana as a Schedule I substance, a dangerous drug with no medical value. The government now contends that Stage II and III clinical trials are necessary to show efficacy, while ASA has consistently argued that the more than 200 peer-reviewed studies cited in the legal briefs adequately meet this standard. In 2002, the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, made up of several individuals and organizations including ASA, filed a petition to reclassify marijuana for medical use. That petition was denied in July 2011, after ASA sued the Obama Administration for unreasonable delaying the answer. The appeal to the D.C. Circuit was the first time in nearly 20 years that a federal court has reviewed the issue of whether adequate scientific evidence exists to reclassify marijuana. "The Obama Administration's legal efforts will keep marijuana out of reach for millions of qualified patients who would benefit from its use," continued Elford. "It's time for President Obama to change his harmful policy with regard to medical marijuana and treat this as a public health issue, something entirely within the capability and authority of the executive office." Patient advocates claim that marijuana is treated unlike any other controlled substance and that politics have dominated over medical science on this issue. Advocates point to a research approval process for marijuana, controlled by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is unique, overly rigorous, and hinders meaningful therapeutic research. ASA argues in its appeal brief that the DEA has no "license to apply different criteria to marijuana than to other drugs, ignore critical scientific data, misrepresent social science research, or rely upon unsubstantiated assumptions, as the DEA has done in this case." ASA will continue to put pressure on the Obama Administration, but will also be lobbying Members of Congress to reclassify marijuana for medical use. A new comprehensive public health bill on medical marijuana is expected to be introduced soon in Congress, and ASA is holding a national conference in February to support its passage. Further information: Today's D.C. Circuit decision: http://AmericansForSafeAccess.org/downloads/DC_Circuit_Ruling_ASA_v_DEA.pdf ASA appeal brief: http://AmericansForSafeAccess.org/downloads/CRC_Appeal.pdf CRC rescheduling petition: http://www.drugscience.org/PDF/Petition_Final_2002.pdf
2 to 1? If it's actually just three people who decided this, then at least props to the one man willing to make rational decisions.