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I think you missed the rest of his actions. The pardon was one part. The other is to review it's classification under the Controlled Substances Act.
by rgbrenner 4y ago
I think you missed the rest of his actions. The pardon was one part. The other is to review it's classification under the Controlled Substances Act.
- perihelions 4y agoYou're right, that part is reviewable. (I was only thinking about the pardons).
- hiyer 4y agoI don't get it - how does the court get to decide what is a controlled substance and what is not? Shouldn't that be up to some government agency?
- kube-system 4y agoIt’s up to Congress to make the law. Congress frequently assigns some of that power to agencies, and the courts get to review whether the agencies are following any applicable laws.
- feet 4y agoIt has generally been up the the DEA. When it came time to schedule MDMA it was actually challenged in court by psychologists and psychiatrists along with scientists. The judge recommended a lower scheduling. The DEA said "fuck you" to the judge, petitioners, and the American people and made it schedule 1 https://maps.org/news/bulletin/making-mdma-a-medicine-ii-rescheduling-for-schedule-1-substances/ https://maps.org/news/bulletin/making-mdma-a-medicine-ii-res...