News Aug 11, 2016 at 8:45 am

DEA Says Cannabis Isn't Medicine, Denies Rescheduling

Heidi Groover
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Pharmaceuticals are a powerful lobby. Probably the real reason we don't have single payer or at least a public option for our healthcare.

In conclusion, fuck them!
tike0vitz on August 11, 2016 at 9:11 AM Report this
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The struggle continues. Do you think big tabacco or big alcohol is involved?
Erok on August 11, 2016 at 9:12 AM Report this
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Something tells me that this is just an agency that's trying to save it's own neck. If cannabis alone became a taxable item like booze and cigs it would be a huge budget blow, not to mention the extra money they get from seizures.
kylecheez on August 11, 2016 at 10:21 AM Report this
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Even if there was zero medical value to marijuana there is an enormous cost to society in criminalizing its consumption, and that needs to stop.
tmplknght on August 11, 2016 at 10:28 AM Report this
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Repeal the controlled substances act, abolish the DEA, and use the money to fund drug treatment and homeless housing. The drug abuse of a few does not mean that the government has a right to tell us what we can and cannot put into our bodies. Yes, I realize that will make crystal meth legal.

And while were at it, throw every one of these assholes into jail out of spite.
brandon on August 11, 2016 at 10:33 AM Report this
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I love the circular logic. We won't reschedule it as a drug because there's no scientific evidence to back the claims, but we won't allow universities to research medicinal use.

Well, at least they'll now allow more scientific research. Baby steps.
Reverse Polarity on August 11, 2016 at 10:38 AM Report this
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So how come Obama is not getting the wrath here?
raindrop on August 11, 2016 at 11:29 AM Report this
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Perhaps the next press release from the DEA will be about how opiates are totally the best way to deal with pain and completely safe, followed by an update on the "heroin" epidemic tearing apart the "heartland"?
Sir Vic on August 11, 2016 at 1:41 PM Report this

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