Reading the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s report on marijuana, on how it should remain one of the nation’s most dangerous drugs and has no medical value, we can’t help but wonder what rock the agency’s leaders have been living under. Or what they’ve been smoking.
Just don’t expect to fill a marijuana brownie prescription at your local drug store any time soon.
The DEA pledged in April it would review marijuana’s classification so that it could be researched for possible medicinal benefits.
Consensus is growing among Maine physicians that cannabis can effectively treat some medical conditions, and the number of people seeking prescriptions is rising right along with it.
For decades, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule 1 drug, which means it has no accepted medical use.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Democratic candidate for president Bernie Sanders plans to call for marijuana being removed from the DEA’s schedule of controlled substances in an effort to legalize pot, the Washington Post reports. Such a move would give states more control over marijuana. In some states, recreational marijuana is legal. In others, medicinal marijuana…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Is the DEA out of touch when it comes to classifying marijuana as a schedule 1 substance, the same as drugs like heroin and LSD? Some might think so. The website Government Executive has written a story entitled: “The DEA Still Thinks Marijuana is as Dangerous as Heroin.” The website writes:…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a simple question: Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol? Yet DEA Deputy Director Thomas Harrigan wouldn’t provide an answer during a House oversight committee hearing. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-TN, asked because DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart insisted in January that pot is more dangerous than alcohol. “Marijuana is a Schedule I…
