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Here's an interesting video from the Oregon Board of Pharmacy saying they just got back from speaking with the DEA in Washington, D.C.
Oregon Board of Pharmacy Set to Reschedule Marijuana from Art Witkowski on Vimeo.
I received an email from Americans for Safe Access a moment ago. I've been meaning to write this post, but this email got me moving on it:
ASA will build the federal framework that will bring safe and legal access to all Americans by 2013.
For too long the medical marijuana movement has been forced into a reactionary and defensive position, constantly having to push back against outrageously unjust legislation our movement has been so busy fighting for what we don't want, we lost sight of how to fight for what we need. That ends today.
I don't know why, and ASA doesn't...
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
On...
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
This looks like a useful site:
Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana
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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I received another response from the Government.
The Government responded to my Motion for Summary Judgment with an Opposition and a Response to my statement of material facts.
I responded with a Reply to the Government's Opposition and a Reply to the Government's statement of material facts.
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