The DEA Remains Publicly Ignorant

Written By Casper Leitch
Joint Conversations Newsletter - August 2016

The DEA Has Declined To Reclassify Marijuana

- August 20, 2016 -

The Drug Enforcement Administration continues to cling to an ignorant policy that has  proven to be a failure since its conception. Marijuana will remain a Schedule l controlled substance, which declares it has “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” the Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday. This keeps the drug in the same category as heroin, LSD and Ecstasy. The announcement is in response to two recent petitions asking the agency to reconsider this designation for the benefit of scientific research.

The decision is based on a “scientific and medical evaluation” conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration at the request of the DEA.”The DEA and the FDA continue to believe that scientifically valid and well-controlled clinical trials conducted under investigational new drug (IND) applications are the most appropriate way to conduct research on the medicinal uses of marijuana,” said a statement from the DEA.

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Casper Leitch

I got involved in the Hemp Movement in 1990 when I was hired by Jack Herer to run hiss office. I launched the cable television series ‘TIME 4 HEMP’ on January 5, 1991. Time 4 Hemp is the first TV series in the history of broadcasting to focus strictly on the topic of cannabis. This has given me the dubious honor of being ‘The Father Of Marijuana Television’.

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