Marijuana Considered for Looser Restrictions by U.S. FDA

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Marijuana Considered for Looser Restrictions by U.S. FDA
By Anna Edney Jun 20, 2014 12:03 PM ET

U.S. regulators are studying whether restrictions on marijuana should be eased, a step toward decriminalizing the drug at the federal level.
The Food and Drug Administration is conducting an analysis at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s request on whether the U.S. should downgrade the classification of marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, said Douglas Throckmorton, Deputy Director for Regulatory Programs at the FDA, at a congressional hearing.
Schedule 1 drugs carry the most restrictions of the five DEA classifications and are considered substances with no medical benefit that are highly addictive. Factors the FDA considers in making a recommendation include a drug’s abuse potential, its pharmacological effect and risk to public health, according to Throckmorton’s written testimony.
“This has big implications,” said Representative John Mica, a Florida Republican, who is leading the oversight hearing on pot research as part of an examination of changing societal attitudes about the drug.
The FDA reviewed marijuana’s status for the DEA in 2001 and 2006 and recommended it remain Schedule 1, Throckmorton said. The DEA has since been petitioned to change marijuana’s classification and “that has been sent to us and we’re in the process of conducting an eight-factor analysis,” Throckmorton told Mica.
Mica is chairman of the House Oversight Committee’s government operations panel. A change in schedule could help reconcile some of the differences between federal laws and looser state laws. Twenty-two states permit medical marijuana and two, Washington and Colorado, allow recreational use.
Throckmorton wouldn’t say when he expected the FDA to complete the analysis or whether it would recommend a change.
The agency must first consult with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and send their recommendation through the Department of Health and Human Services before handing it to the DEA, he said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...ng-u-s-marijuana-restrictions.html?cmpid=yhoo

 

[eventualist]

This is real? .... Aye just maybe gonna happen in my lifetime! Maybe...

 

[rolandomota]

like i said before and i will say it again. forget them they are full of shit. all they want now is to let corporations take over and not let anyone produce it.why do you think their even talking? Money thats why they dont care about the price of a pound they care how much money they can make from the average consumer. the cheapest pounds come from your growroom or grow plot. forget street prices and dispensaries. I dont need or want anyone telling me i cant grow or smoke just because they feel like it. I also dont need assholes charging me an arm and a leg for an ounce i will smoke in a few days much less sell me some expensive gram that wont get me high for 5 or more dollars. yea i think 5 dollars a gram is a rippoff. I buy mexican comercial for about a dollar a gram and no it does not all suck it's average most "hydro"/"chronic" is about the same potency to me so i really dont see a reason for paying so damn much for the "good" stuff. if you dont get prices like mine just grow it then it's even cheaper that way. And dont listen to the stupid government they have an agenda. and that is to not let you grow and just sell it to you for ridiculous prices like we see today. I guess we all cant have it good but 20 dollars for a measly joint c'mon. now why would they want to change that?

keeping it illegal at a federal level is the best way to keep prices up so the only thing that will ever happen is a schedule two classification but that will take years because the fda needs to complete clinical trials and such. that takes a lot of money to do and no one is willing to pay it. also their is no guarantee whole marijuana will ever be legalized because of this they will want to make and patent medicines that Dont get you high so whats the point. who likes drinking non alcohol beer? just get growing man forget all this legalizing nonsense in the end they still want to screw you. like colorado 6 plants only three flowering lol what a joke.