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Feds nearing a decision on whether pot has medical potential [View all]
Source: McClatchy DC
JULY 10, 2016 6:00 AM
Feds nearing a decision on whether pot has medical potential
BY ROB HOTAKAINEN
WASHINGTON - When President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, the federal government put marijuana in the category of the nation’s most dangerous drugs, along with LSD, heroin and mescaline.
In legal parlance, pot is a Schedule 1 drug, with a high potential for abuse and no medical purpose.
Forty-six years later, the law might soon change, as the Obama administration prepares to make what could be its biggest decision yet on marijuana.
Suspense is mounting after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration missed its self-imposed June 30 deadline to decide whether to reschedule the drug and recognize its potential therapeutic value. Twenty-six states already have legalized its medical use.
For Christine Gregoire, the former Democratic governor of Washington state, a decision has been a long time coming.
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Feds nearing a decision on whether pot has medical potential
BY ROB HOTAKAINEN
WASHINGTON - When President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, the federal government put marijuana in the category of the nation’s most dangerous drugs, along with LSD, heroin and mescaline.
In legal parlance, pot is a Schedule 1 drug, with a high potential for abuse and no medical purpose.
Forty-six years later, the law might soon change, as the Obama administration prepares to make what could be its biggest decision yet on marijuana.
Suspense is mounting after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration missed its self-imposed June 30 deadline to decide whether to reschedule the drug and recognize its potential therapeutic value. Twenty-six states already have legalized its medical use.
For Christine Gregoire, the former Democratic governor of Washington state, a decision has been a long time coming.
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Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article88528557.html
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