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The Department of Justice declared Friday: "DHHS concluded that marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no accepted medical use in the United States, and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision." (Read the rest of the ruling here.)
The decision comes almost a decade after medical marijuana supporters asked the feds to reclassify cannabis. The activists point to research that showed its effectiveness in treating certain diseases, like glaucoma and multiple sclerosis, and the side effects of chemotherapy. The LA Times spoke to advocates who criticized the ruling, but said it came with a silver lining because they could now move the issue to the federal courts.
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Joe Schwartz is a 90-year-old great-grandfather of three who enjoys a few puffs of pot each night before he crawls into bed in the Southern California retirement community he calls home.
The World War II veteran smokes the drug to alleviate debilitating nausea and is one of about 150 senior citizens on this sprawling, 18,000-person gated campus who belongs to a thriving — and controversial — medical marijuana collective operating here, in the middle of one of the largest retirement communities in the United States.
The fledgling collective mirrors a nationwide trend as more and more senior citizens turn to marijuana, legal or not, to ease the aches and pains of aging. But in Laguna Woods Village, tucked in the heart of one of the most conservative and wealthiest counties in California, these ganja-smoking grandparents have stirred up a heated debate with their collective, attracting a crackdown from within the self-governed community.
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Originally posted by ModernAcademia
Woman Faces Jail Time for Planting Organic Vegetable Garden
moneyland.time.com
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A Michigan woman is being charged with a misdemeanor offense and is facing up to 93 days in jail. Her crime? Planting a vegetable garden—in her own yard. Her front yard, that is.
Like many consumers today, Julie Bass, of Oak Park, Mich., appreciates the taste and healthfulness of organic vegetables
Front yard or back, it’s her property, and she’s allowed to do with it what she pleases, right? Wrong, say the local authorities, citing local codes that require front yards to have only “suitabl
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they said "suitable" in the bylaw means "common"
and it isn't "common" to have a veggie garden in the front yard...edit on 8-7-2011 by Danbones because: (no reason given)
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Based on the DHHS evaluation and all other relevant data, DEA has concluded that there
is no substantial evidence that marijuana should be removed from schedule I. A document
prepared by DEA addressing these materials in detail also is attached hereto. In short, marijuana
continues to meet the criteria for schedule I control under the CSA because:
1) Marijuana has a high potential for abuse. The DHHS evaluation and the additional
data gathered by DEA show that marijuana has a high potential for abuse.
2) Marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
According to established case law, marijuana has no “currently accepted medical use”
because: the drug’s chemistry is not known and reproducible; there are no adequate
safety studies; there are no adequate and well-controlled studies proving efficacy; the
drug is not accepted by qualified experts; and the scientific evidence is not widely
available.
3) Marijuana lacks accepted safety for use under medical supervision. At present, there
are no U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved marijuana products, nor
is marijuana under a New Drug Application (NDA) evaluation at the FDA for any
indication. Marijuana does not have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in
the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions. At this
time, the known risks of marijuana use have not been shown to be outweighed by
specific benefits in well-controlled clinical trials that scientifically evaluate safety and
efficacy.
Originally posted by HUMBLEONE
Pot: Feds have no medical purpose.
NORML had previously filed a similar rescheduling petition with the DEA in 1972, but was not granted a federal hearing on the issue until 1986. In 1988, DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis Young ruled that marijuana did not meet the legal criteria of a Schedule I prohibited drug and should be reclassified. Then-DEA Administrator John Lawn rejected Young’s determination, a decision the D.C. Court of Appeals eventually affirmed in 1994.
A subsequent petition was filed by former NORML Director Jon Gettman in 1995, but was rejected by the DEA in 2001.
Genesis 3:7a
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked;
Genesis 3:22-24a
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So He drove out the man;