DEA Ignores AMA's New Medical Marijuana Policy
Last week’s announcement from the American Medical Association — calling for a federal review of marijuana’s legal status — has been well received in the media, reaching the pages of The Washington Post, LA Times,
and other publications.
One group that hasn’t got the message is the
Drug Enforcement Administration. This is no surprise, as the DEA has
been ignoring recommendations to research marijuana’s medical benefits
for decades.
But this example is particularly egregious. On the DEA Web page “Exposing the Myth of Smoked Medical Marijuana,” the agency writes, “the American Medical Association recommends that marijuana remain a Schedule I controlled substance.” That statement directly contradicts the new policy that the AMA issued last week.
The DEA also has a contact page where you can call them out on this (likely) willful ignorance of recent news: http://www.justice.gov/dea/contactinfo.htm
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You just as well try convincing congress to not vote themselves a raise.
Their budget relies on marijuana remaining schedule 1 because when it is moved they no longer control the studies required to receive FDA approval of marijuana as a medicine . That is why they always say "smoked" marijuana and never ingested or vaporized. Most medical marijuana users,except in nausea and appetite enhancement applications,eat their marijuana,because it is really the only way to receive 100% of the plants benefits . Vaporizing removes the "smoke" from the issue because it vaporizes the active ingredients from the marijuana using controlled heat,without burning the fiber.
And the DEA refuses any medical study using ingestion or vaporizing.
They are required by congressional mandate to fight legalization of marijuana as a medicine in any form,no matter what it takes,and regardless of harm to patients,or how utterly stupid
it makes them look.
And this is a prime example of why people will never trust the DEA or the ONDCP,they lie. And it is getting harder and harder to tell if they are protecting America from the boogy man or just protecting their own rice bowl.