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In reply to the discussion: DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana [View all]Maybe they need more time to figure out how big pharma can reap the financial bennies.
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DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana [View all]
babylonsister
Aug 2016
OP
Like all bureaucratic entities: Once you establish your fiefdom, you struggle to maintain funding.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2016
#63
Wouldn't the federal government bring in more tax money on the sale of Marajuana?
yeoman6987
Aug 2016
#8
it could potentially... HOWEVER, the DEA is only concerned about maintaining the status quo...
Raster
Aug 2016
#10
it's not 'sneaking' anything. People get medical benefit from it AND people should be able to
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#31
I think the moral point was that one could easily argue to voters that sticking
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#44
Hence the campaign to sneak cannabis into use as a poorly regulated medicine
bluedye33139
Aug 2016
#48
Her position is that there should be "more research" on marijuana before anything
Chakab
Aug 2016
#17
Fuck the DEA, their own people say it is a horrible organization that needs to go away.
Rex
Aug 2016
#18
When there own top folks quit and turn against then to the point of advocating how to hide drugs
Rex
Aug 2016
#23
How likely is it to gain an accepted medical use if it remains enforced by the DEA
Johonny
Aug 2016
#26
there are multiple ways to reschedule or deschedule it. Congress can do it, the executive can do it
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#27
I think if CA legalizes, that alone will force some kind of change. I hope.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#43
they also say it has "no safety level". BULLSHIT. DEA jude Francis Young, 1988:
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#29
He's also the one appointing these agency heads that have policy positions that are totally contrary
Chakab
Aug 2016
#47
"no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States,"
nationalize the fed
Aug 2016
#38
Surprise, administration that gets loads of funding for prohibition wants it to stay.
joshcryer
Aug 2016
#41
Yeah, I read recently that the last year of alcohol prohibition saw as many raids and arrests as all
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2016
#68
What do you want to do, take profits away from the Prison Industrial Complex?
Oneironaut
Aug 2016
#60