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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe DEA just made a huge change to how the government treats medical marijuana
The DEA just made a huge change to how the government treats medical marijuana
A bland announcement in the Federal Register on Monday may mark the beginning of the end of federal drug cops' 50-year Reefer Madness crusade.
Alan Pyke
Aug 26, 2019, 12:37 pm
The federal government announced plans to expand cannabis research Monday, paving the way for the robust clinical trials cannabis experts believe will force the government to downgrade marijuanas Controlled Substances Act classification.
The decision comes just two days before a key deadline in a lawsuit against the agency brought by cannabis researcher Dr. Sue Sisley of the Scottsdale Research Institute. Sisley had sought to end three years of stalling by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Mondays regulatory filing, and the warm remarks from Attorney General William Barr that accompanied it in a press release, effectively mean Dr. Sisleys won. Coupled with Barrs ardently anti-pot predecessor Jeff Sessions departure, progress toward looser federal treatment of cannabis may resume.
Until today, no one could do anything. We were handcuffed, in limbo, said Shane Pennington, a member of Dr. Sisleys legal team. Now theyve done something. Its a huge, huge deal.
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https://thinkprogress.org/dea-concedes-that-marijuana-research-monopoly-must-end-opening-door-to-sweeping-change-2d60015acd1d/
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The DEA just made a huge change to how the government treats medical marijuana (Original Post)
babylonsister
Aug 2019
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Nitram
(22,890 posts)1. It's about fucking time.
Of course, Nixon set up a commission to study marijuana, and completely disregarded its findings when they didn't confirm the conservative phobia about the reefer.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)2. Well, there's also the fact
that the Nixon admin started the use of drug laws to target black people, beginning with weed.
LuvNewcastle
(16,858 posts)3. He hated the hippies too, of course.
Going after weed targeted all the right people. I sometimes wonder how different our history might be if our people in government had been tokers rather than drinkers.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)4. Yeah, it'd definitely be a LOT better. nt
The Mouth
(3,164 posts)7. We could solve the whole thing
with a joint session of congress.
We can't be friends
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)8. Yes, and YES
alfredo
(60,077 posts)5. Keep up the pressure
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)6. My thanks to Dr. Sisley..