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And to be sure, neither does the president. The entire scheduling regime is under the DEA's power. http://www.npr.org/2016/08/10/489509471/dea-rejects-attempt-

And to be sure, neither does the president. The entire scheduling regime is under the DEA's power. http://www.npr.org/2016/08/10/489509471/dea-rejects-attempt-to-loosen-federal-restrictions-on-marijuana http://www.npr.org/2016/08/10/489509471/dea-rejects-attempt-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_cannabis_from_Schedule_I_of_the_Controlled_Substances_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_cannabis_from_Sched...

bluejekyll 9y ago
Isn't the DEA under the authority of the Executive branch, i.e. the President?
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- rhizome 9y ago
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/02/26/can-eric-holder-change-the-federal-drug-classification-of-marijuana/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/02/... explains the situation pretty well. Relevant commentary, I think: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-you-ever-legalized-marijuana.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-you-ever-legali...
  - bluejekyll 9y ago
    Wow, they're hamstrung: > HHS determined that marijuana has a “high potential for abuse” and “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States,” leading the DEA to reject the petition in 2011. The petition was filed nearly a decade earlier, in 2002. So based on a request from 2002, they decided in 2011 not to act, which continues to restrict research, which makes it harder to get evidence to support a new petition... Sometimes you gotta just love government's ability to tie itself in knots.
    - rhizome 9y ago
      It's worse than that: HHS has to tell the DEA "there is a medical use for this" for the DEA to reschedule something at their command. The trick? Schedule I prohibits federal funds from being used for research, so how is HHS ever going to be able to do the work to conclude there is a medical use for a Schedule I substance?

bluejekyll 9y ago

Isn't the DEA under the authority of the Executive branch, i.e. the President?

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rhizome 9y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/02/26/can-eric-holder-change-the-federal-drug-classification-of-marijuana/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/02/... explains the situation pretty well. Relevant commentary, I think: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-you-ever-legalized-marijuana.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-you-ever-legali...
- bluejekyll 9y ago
  Wow, they're hamstrung: > HHS determined that marijuana has a “high potential for abuse” and “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States,” leading the DEA to reject the petition in 2011. The petition was filed nearly a decade earlier, in 2002. So based on a request from 2002, they decided in 2011 not to act, which continues to restrict research, which makes it harder to get evidence to support a new petition... Sometimes you gotta just love government's ability to tie itself in knots.
  - rhizome 9y ago
    It's worse than that: HHS has to tell the DEA "there is a medical use for this" for the DEA to reschedule something at their command. The trick? Schedule I prohibits federal funds from being used for research, so how is HHS ever going to be able to do the work to conclude there is a medical use for a Schedule I substance?