Federal Legislation
On January 20, 2009, the Obama Administration released a memorandum instructing federal agencies not to use federal regulations to preempt state laws. Here is a link: click here. On January 30, 2009, the Obama Administration released a second memorandum instructing federal agencies not to use federal regulations to preempt state laws. Here is a link: click here
On January 22, 2009, the Obama Administration released guidance for religious exemptions from the federal Controlled Substances Act. Here is a link to the online version: click here and a link to the version I scanned and converted to a text document: click here
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Senator Grassley: Congress should debate drug policy
Senator Grassley: Congress should debate drug policy
AMA calls for removal of marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act - Executive SummaryAMA calls for removal of marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act - Text of Resolution
The Iowa Independent reports that Senator Grassley has contracted the deadly Reefer Madness virus
http://iowaindependent.com/21746/grassley-hoping-to-keep-medical-marijuana-illegal
Grassley hoping to keep medical marijuana illegal
Click here for the text of Grassley's proposed amendment
This looks like a useful site:
Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana
Here is a very good piece you ought to read:
Congressional Research Service - Library of Congress
Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies
Mark Eddy
Specialist in Crime Policy
March 31, 2009
My how time flies when you are having fun. Time just keeps on slipping away.
I've been busy preparing legal briefs in two of my cases regarding the unlawful scheduling of marijuana in the state and federal controlled substances acts.
I filed my Petition for Review of the Drug Enforcement Administration's refusal to remove marijuana from Schedule I in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on March 2, 2009, and the response from the Drug Enforcement Administration is due on March 30, 2009.
My state marijuana scheduling case took an interesting twist when the Iowa Board of Pharmacy claimed in...
Everyone is in a tizzy over recent DEA raids on medical cannabis users in California since President Obama took office on January 20, 2009. Americans for Safe Access reported on February 5 that White House Spokesman Nick Shapiro expects President Obama to end that policy. On February 5, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws reported that a new Zogby Poll found that 72% of voters surveyed said President Obama should end the DEA raids. The Drug Policy Alliance is urging people to call the White House. The Marijuana Policy Project has reprinted the text of an article...
On October 16, 2008, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) filed a Data Quality Act Petition requesting that the drug czar's office correct information printed in the 2008 Marijuana Sourcebook — specifically, the claim that marijuana is the greatest cause of illegal drug abuse.
Another Data Quality Act case now pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Americans for Safe Access v. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 07-17388 (ASA v. DHHS) found there is no right to judicial review from a Data Quality Act petition. In its Order Granting Motion to Dismiss, November 20, 2007, the U.S....
On December 12, 2008 I mailed certified letters to each of the Attorneys General for the 13 states that accept the medical use of marijuana, asking them why they have not contacted the United States Drug Enforcement Adminsitration about removal of marijuana from schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act. Links to those letters are listed below:
December 12, 2008 - Letter to the Attorney General of Alaska
December 12, 2008 - Letter to the Attorney General of California
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