Topic: DRUGS - on June 22, 2016 at 11:39:00 AM CEST
On Legalizing Medical Cannabis: The DEA Responds
The DEA wants to remove the barriers to cannabis research, a spokesman told aNewDomain in a lengthy interview today. But how and when will it reschedule cannabis as a Schedule II drug? [Exclusive]
A DEA official responded at length today to a widely-circulated report that the DEA plans to effectively legalize medical cannabis this August. In an interview with aNewDomain today, DEA staff coordinator Russ Baer wouldn’t confirm the Santa Monica Observer report that the DEA will reschedule cannabis as a prescription-only Schedule II drug on Aug. 1, 2016. But he did comment at length about the agency’s thoughts around legalizing medical cannabis and how rescheduling cannabis from its current Schedule I status would have to work.
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