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Simplepowa
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Medical Marijuana Activists Appeal to US Supreme Court
#18577039 - 07/18/13 05:02 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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David Downs — Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Medical cannabis advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will ask the US Supreme Court to review the United States' classification of marijuana as more dangerous than cocaine, meth, or Oxycodone. Oakland-based ASA said Monday that they had filed a petition with the US Supreme Court to appeal a January Circuit Court decision which maintains cannabis' prohibition as one of the world's most dangerous drugs.
The Drug Enforcement Administration classifies pot as a "schedule 1" narcotic with a high potential for abuse and no medical use. ASA took the DEA to court arguing the classification is wrong. Marijuana is one of the least addictive drugs on the planet and it is impossible to overdose on it. Conversely, about 30,000 Americans die every year from unintentional overdoses of Vicodin, Oxycodone, and other FDA-approved prescription drugs that are schedule 2 or lower.
image.jpg In January, the circuit court found that there is not enough research on medical uses of pot and denied ASA's petition.
ASA argues in its SCOTUS appeal that the District of Columbia Circuit Court used an unreasonable and unprecedented standard in denying ASA's petition for a re-schedule. More than two hundred peer-reviewed studies attest to cannabis' medical efficacy, ASA states. Three out of four doctors polled by the New England Journal of Medicine in May also recommended cannabis for a hypothetical breast cancer patient.
But no major drug company has tried to bring cannabis to market, the circuit court argued. ASA contends that this opinion conflicts with another circuit court ruling made in 1987.
In that ruling, the court said that FDA marketing approval of a drug does not make it a medicine. ASA also notes that federal law all but bans research on medical uses of cannabis, creating a ludicrous, unscientific Catch-22.
"The court has unreasonably raised the bar for what qualifies as an 'adequate and well-controlled' study thereby continuing the government's game of 'Gotcha'," stated Kris Hermes for ASA.
ASA has been working on the reclassification case since 2002.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/LegalizationNation/archives/2013/07/16/medical-marijuana-activists-appeal-to-us-supreme-court
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Re: Medical Marijuana Activists Appeal to US Supreme Court [Re: Simplepowa]
#18578696 - 07/18/13 10:41 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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I 100% support what ASA is arguing for, but I fear it is too early in the game. The worst thing we can do right now is let these SCOTUS douche bags set a precedent that will far outlast their terms. Challenged now, they may well set the stage for another 100+ years of unjust incarceration, asset forfeiture, and hyper-militarized police raids. As much as public perception has changed regarding drugs, prohibition, and especially marijuana, SCOTUS is not in touch with those sentiments and has no reason to be. They have life-long employment and untouchability. They are the closest thing we have to monarchs (or oligarchs) in this country and will never have any personal consequences for whatever insane decisions they support.
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Re: Medical Marijuana Activists Appeal to US Supreme Court [Re: Simplepowa] 1
#18581129 - 07/19/13 02:44 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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"But no major drug company has tried to bring cannabis to market, the circuit court argued."
What the fuck does this have to do with wether it should be legal or not????? Insainity I tell you
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Re: Medical Marijuana Activists Appeal to US Supreme Court [Re: huffinglue]
#18581150 - 07/19/13 02:50 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Double post, I know. But if this is there argument, then it seems to me they are blantently saying that major drug corporations decide what 'drugs' are legal or not.... wtf.
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Re: Medical Marijuana Activists Appeal to US Supreme Court [Re: huffinglue]
#18582854 - 07/19/13 10:10 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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sometimes i feel like we might as well be ruled by a bunch of fucking stupid apes
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Re: Medical Marijuana Activists Appeal to US Supreme Court [Re: i like cow poo] 1
#18583604 - 07/20/13 03:10 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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At least they would do no harm.
Let's try anarchy instead.
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Re: Medical Marijuana Activists Appeal to US Supreme Court [Re: i like cow poo]
#18583758 - 07/20/13 05:36 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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