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Marijuana Backers Ask Judges for Less Regulation
Posted by CN Staff on October 16, 2012 at 11:32:58 PT
By Tom Schoenberg
Source: Bloomberg.com 
Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ignored research showing marijuana had legitimate medical uses when it rejected efforts to reclassify the drug as a less harmful substance last year, a lawyer for medical marijuana backers told a federal appeals court. Joseph Elford, a lawyer for Americans for Safe Access, asked a three-judge panel in Washington today to order the DEA to reconsider its decision to keep marijuana a Schedule I narcotic, saying the agency’s ruling that there are no scientific studies finding an acceptable medical use was arbitrary and capricious.
“There are over 200 studies that are adequate and well- controlled studies,” Elford told the judges. The case involves an 10-year-old petition from medical marijuana advocates who asked the DEA to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III, IV or V drug, which would allow for looser regulation. On June 21, 2011, the DEA rejected the request, stating that existing clinical evidence wasn’t adequate to warrant reclassification. The judges questioned whether the medical marijuana patients and the advocacy group had the authority to challenge the DEA’s decision. U.S. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland said the court has limited authority to review it as long as the agency made a proper showing of support for it. “I’m trying to figure out what our standard of review is,” Garland asked a lawyer for the Justice Department. “Is there evidence to support the administration’s position that there is no substantial evidence? That sounds funny.” Lena Watkins, a lawyer for the Justice Department, said the studies cited by the marijuana proponents were rejected because the research didn’t meet government standards. She said about 15 studies meet the standards, though the government doesn’t have the final results yet. The case is Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, 11-1265, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (Washington). Source: Bloomberg.com (USA)Author: Tom SchoenbergPublished: October 16, 2012Copyright: 2012 Bloomberg L.P.Contact: tschoenberg bloomberg.netWebsite: http://www.bloomberg.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/XT32NwAOCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #4 posted by museman on October 16, 2012 at 18:37:48 PT
usurpers
"The judges questioned whether the medical marijuana patients and the advocacy group had the authority to challenge the DEA’s decision."That's right we have no constitutional rights any more. It's COPWORLD now. Only said minions and their lawyer/politician fellow lackies get the privileges now. The rest of the world must purchase their reality from the nearest politically correct tax collector AKA 'representative' AKA 'Liberty Salesman' who works for the monied.Nice idea; "A government of the people by the people for the people."Some still believe it even as their lifetime of equity savings, and heritage is being systematically robbed away from them by the 'good guys' with the armies and the guns.The separation of the government from the people is nearly complete. And they're (the guv) still outnumbered and outgunned.LEGALIZE FREEDOM
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Comment #3 posted by Hope on October 16, 2012 at 15:27:53 PT
You would think, after all these years,
that I wouldn't get so extremely angry at the obtuse ignorance and idiocy of the prohibitionists and their yellow bellied minions.Arrgh. 
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Comment #2 posted by bullhead on October 16, 2012 at 15:05:47 PT:
narcotic
Cannabis = Narcotic/ Narcotics kill pain....  No scientific studies finding an acceptable medical use..... No wait! Narcotics kill pain..... What....
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Comment #1 posted by runruff on October 16, 2012 at 12:24:03 PT
No final results yet?
Look, the feds have only had 40 years to come up with some bogus science. They are still trying to wriggle their way around this one.No final results yet, indeed! We have only one of two possibilities here. The fed is incompetent, or they are once again lying and stonewalling the truth. Either way, they are not worth the rewards they receive to foil our lives, the health of the planet and our freedoms!
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