:::::::USA Set to Reschedule Cannabis::::::: HHS Releases Recommendation Documents:::::::

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I have taken college courses which taught the basics creating genetically modified organisms. There is still unknown effects at the genetic level. There are changes in the physiology we may not be able to understand or detect. Breeding programs can be used to enhance disease resistance.

There are examples of genetically modified organisms genes contaminating other crops as well as native plants and changing the ecosystem.

 

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Federal Lawsuit Challenges Mississippi’s Ban On Marijuana Advertising, Citing Free-Speech Rights

“If you can go in Walgreens and fill a prescription for an opioid and Walgreens can advertise, why can’t Tru Source and the other cannabis dispensaries and cultivators in Mississippi?” By Heather Harrison, Mississippi Free Press Mississippi’s medical cannabis advertising ban is preventing a...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

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Seems like this post may be off topic, but not really considering how consumers in the state of Indiana are not contacting their representatives concerning cannabis law reform.

Dopamine, Smartphones & You: A battle for your time - Science in the News

by Trevor Haynes figures by Rebecca Clements “I feel tremendous guilt,” admitted Chamath Palihapitiya, former Vice President of User Growth at Facebook, to an audience of Stanford students. He was responding to a question about his involvement in exploiting consumer behavior. “The short-term...

sitn.hms.harvard.edu

 

[armedoldhippy]

shitloads of people ARE for reform, but will not out themselves publicly because of job concerns, family, etc. put it to a vote, where they can make their choice privately, and you'll see. calling a Rep, they WILL ask your name to check it against a registered voter list. i have to be damn careful myself, my wife works for the state. if i get in trouble, she could lose her job, retirement, etc. living under the buckle of the Bible Belt is not without issues...

 

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DEA Tells Congress It Has ‘Final Authority’ On Marijuana, Regardless Of Health Agency’s Schedule III Recommendation

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is telling lawmakers that it reserves “the final authority” to make any scheduling decision on marijuana following an ongoing review, regardless of what the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends. In a letter sent to Congressional...

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Politics​

DEA Tells Congress It Has ‘Final Authority’ On Marijuana, Regardless Of Health Agency’s Schedule III Recommendation​

Published
23 mins ago
on
January 3, 2024
By
Kyle Jaeger

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is telling lawmakers that it reserves “the final authority” to make any scheduling decision on marijuana following an ongoing review, regardless of what the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends.


In a letter sent to Congressional Cannabis Caucus co-chair Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), DEA Acting Chief of the Office of Congressional Affairs Michael Miller gave a general overview of the scheduling review process that was initiated under a directive from President Joe Biden in October 2022.


That started with a scientific assessment from HHS that reportedly advised DEA to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Once HHS made its recommendation in August, “DEA conducts its own review,” the letter, sent last month and first reported by Punchbowl News, says.



“DEA has the final authority to schedule, reschedule, or deschedule a drug under the Controlled Substances Act, after considering the relevant statutory and regulatory criteria and HHS’s scientific and medical evaluation,” it says. “DEA is now conducting its review.”


The agency’s statement came in response to an earlier letter from 31 bipartisan lawmakers, led by Blumenauer, that implored DEA to consider the “merits” of legalization as it carried out its review. That initial letter also criticized the limitations of simply placing cannabis in Schedule III, as opposed to fully removing the plant from CSA control.



“While Congress works to send the President comprehensive cannabis legislation, the urgency of full descheduling should inform DEA’s position on overall cannabis reform and appropriate enforcement centered on advancing public safety, not unjust criminalization,” the lawmakers’ letter said. “Marijuana’s continued inappropriate scheduling is both arcane and out-of-touch with the will of the American people.”


In that context, DEA’s response offered little insight, with the agency declining to address the lawmakers’ key arguments and instead simply outlining the procedural details of the scheduling review.



It also did not divulge any details about the timeline for the completion of the review, though many observers expect it to wrap up ahead of the November election.


The Congressional Research Service (CRS) recently concluded that it was “likely” that DEA would follow the HHS recommendation based on past precedent, but as DEA reiterated in the letter last month, it has final jurisdiction over the CSA and maintains the right to disregard the health agency’s advice.


Also, despite the furor over the ongoing rescheduling review, outside observers still know little about HHS’s justification for its recommendation that cannabis be moved to Schedule III. While the agency sent hundreds of pages of explanation to DEA as part of its rescheduling recommendation, those documents have so far only been released in highly redacted form, with little to no indication of the federal health agency’s findings related to possible medical benefits, addictive potential or any other aspect of the policy decision.



DEA has received a number of messages from different sides of the cannabis policy debate in recent months, including a recent letter from 29 former U.S. attorneys who urged the Biden administration to leave cannabis in Schedule I.


Last month, the governors of six U.S. states—Colorado, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Louisiana—sent a letter to Biden calling on the administration to reschedule marijuana by the end of last year.


Meanwhile, six former DEA heads and five former White House drug czars sent a letter to the attorney general and current DEA administrator voicing opposition to the top federal health agency’s recommendation to reschedule marijuana. They also made a questionable claim about the relationship between drug schedules and criminal penalties in a way that could exaggerate the potential impact of the incremental reform.



Signatories include DEA and Office of National Drug Control Policy heads under multiple administrations led by presidents of both major parties.


In October, Advocates and lawmakers who support cannabis reform marked the one-year anniversary of Biden’s mass marijuana pardon and scheduling directive this month by calling on him to do more—including by expanding the scope of relief that his pardon had and by expressly supporting federal legalization.


Two GOP senators, including the lead Republican sponsor of a marijuana banking bill that cleared a key committee in September, also filed legislation late last year to prevent federal agencies from rescheduling cannabis without tacit approval from Congress.



A coalition of 14 Republican congressional lawmakers, meanwhile, has urged DEA to “reject” the top federal health agency’s recommendation to reschedule marijuana and instead keep it in the most restrictive category under the CSA.


Separately, DEA recently announced that it is taking another shot at banning two psychedelics after abandoning its original scheduling proposal in 2022, teeing up another fight with researchers and advocates who say the compounds hold therapeutic potential.


The agency has separately warned Georgia pharmacies that dispensing THC is unlawful because it remains a Schedule I drug after the state became the first in the U.S. to allow pharmacies to sell medical marijuana, with nearly 120 facilities applying to sell cannabis oil.

 

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Legalization Not Associated With Spikes in Incidences of Marijuana-Related Psychosis

The finding is consistent with the conclusions of a 2022 study

norml.org

 

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New Kentucky Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Use, Possession And Home Cultivation—But Not Sales

As Kentucky works to implement a recently passed medical cannabis policy, a lawmaker filed legislation this week that would end all penalties, including arrest, for simple possession and use of recreational marijuana by adults 21 and older. It would also allow adults to grow a small number of...

www.marijuanamoment.net

"For people who choose to grow marijuana, the bill would prescribe civil penalties for amounts harvested beyond the one-ounce personal possession limit: $1,000 for each plant “with foliation which exceeds a personal use quantity of cannabis” and $3.50 for each gram that has been detached from a plant and exceeds the personal use amount."

 

[ILoveWeed138]

hand rubbing intensifies...

 

[pipeline]

Don't sign into the system for at least 5-10 years. Stay under the radar!

Personally I think this whole ordeal will take 20 years for it to settle out. This will be just in time for the implementation of World Economic Forum agenda for a World Government and New World Order to become established by 2050. The year 2030 is a year the WEF goals are set for, with full implementation and centralized World Government power accomplishing their agenda by 2050.

 

[dogzter]

DEA Tells Congress It Has ‘Final Authority’ On Marijuana, Regardless Of Health Agency’s Schedule III Recommendation

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is telling lawmakers that it reserves “the final authority” to make any scheduling decision on marijuana following an ongoing review, regardless of what the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends. In a letter sent to Congressional...

www.marijuanamoment.net

Politics​

DEA Tells Congress It Has ‘Final Authority’ On Marijuana, Regardless Of Health Agency’s Schedule III Recommendation​

Published
23 mins ago
on
January 3, 2024
By
Kyle Jaeger

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is telling lawmakers that it reserves “the final authority” to make any scheduling decision on marijuana following an ongoing review, regardless of what the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends.


In a letter sent to Congressional Cannabis Caucus co-chair Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), DEA Acting Chief of the Office of Congressional Affairs Michael Miller gave a general overview of the scheduling review process that was initiated under a directive from President Joe Biden in October 2022.


That started with a scientific assessment from HHS that reportedly advised DEA to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Once HHS made its recommendation in August, “DEA conducts its own review,” the letter, sent last month and first reported by Punchbowl News, says.



“DEA has the final authority to schedule, reschedule, or deschedule a drug under the Controlled Substances Act, after considering the relevant statutory and regulatory criteria and HHS’s scientific and medical evaluation,” it says. “DEA is now conducting its review.”


The agency’s statement came in response to an earlier letter from 31 bipartisan lawmakers, led by Blumenauer, that implored DEA to consider the “merits” of legalization as it carried out its review. That initial letter also criticized the limitations of simply placing cannabis in Schedule III, as opposed to fully removing the plant from CSA control.



“While Congress works to send the President comprehensive cannabis legislation, the urgency of full descheduling should inform DEA’s position on overall cannabis reform and appropriate enforcement centered on advancing public safety, not unjust criminalization,” the lawmakers’ letter said. “Marijuana’s continued inappropriate scheduling is both arcane and out-of-touch with the will of the American people.”


In that context, DEA’s response offered little insight, with the agency declining to address the lawmakers’ key arguments and instead simply outlining the procedural details of the scheduling review.



It also did not divulge any details about the timeline for the completion of the review, though many observers expect it to wrap up ahead of the November election.


The Congressional Research Service (CRS) recently concluded that it was “likely” that DEA would follow the HHS recommendation based on past precedent, but as DEA reiterated in the letter last month, it has final jurisdiction over the CSA and maintains the right to disregard the health agency’s advice.


Also, despite the furor over the ongoing rescheduling review, outside observers still know little about HHS’s justification for its recommendation that cannabis be moved to Schedule III. While the agency sent hundreds of pages of explanation to DEA as part of its rescheduling recommendation, those documents have so far only been released in highly redacted form, with little to no indication of the federal health agency’s findings related to possible medical benefits, addictive potential or any other aspect of the policy decision.



DEA has received a number of messages from different sides of the cannabis policy debate in recent months, including a recent letter from 29 former U.S. attorneys who urged the Biden administration to leave cannabis in Schedule I.


Last month, the governors of six U.S. states—Colorado, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Louisiana—sent a letter to Biden calling on the administration to reschedule marijuana by the end of last year.


Meanwhile, six former DEA heads and five former White House drug czars sent a letter to the attorney general and current DEA administrator voicing opposition to the top federal health agency’s recommendation to reschedule marijuana. They also made a questionable claim about the relationship between drug schedules and criminal penalties in a way that could exaggerate the potential impact of the incremental reform.



Signatories include DEA and Office of National Drug Control Policy heads under multiple administrations led by presidents of both major parties.


In October, Advocates and lawmakers who support cannabis reform marked the one-year anniversary of Biden’s mass marijuana pardon and scheduling directive this month by calling on him to do more—including by expanding the scope of relief that his pardon had and by expressly supporting federal legalization.


Two GOP senators, including the lead Republican sponsor of a marijuana banking bill that cleared a key committee in September, also filed legislation late last year to prevent federal agencies from rescheduling cannabis without tacit approval from Congress.



A coalition of 14 Republican congressional lawmakers, meanwhile, has urged DEA to “reject” the top federal health agency’s recommendation to reschedule marijuana and instead keep it in the most restrictive category under the CSA.


Separately, DEA recently announced that it is taking another shot at banning two psychedelics after abandoning its original scheduling proposal in 2022, teeing up another fight with researchers and advocates who say the compounds hold therapeutic potential.


The agency has separately warned Georgia pharmacies that dispensing THC is unlawful because it remains a Schedule I drug after the state became the first in the U.S. to allow pharmacies to sell medical marijuana, with nearly 120 facilities applying to sell cannabis oil.

Yet the deep state continues to be a conspiracy theory.

 

[Sweatloaf]

New Kentucky Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Use, Possession And Home Cultivation—But Not Sales

As Kentucky works to implement a recently passed medical cannabis policy, a lawmaker filed legislation this week that would end all penalties, including arrest, for simple possession and use of recreational marijuana by adults 21 and older. It would also allow adults to grow a small number of...

www.marijuanamoment.net

"For people who choose to grow marijuana, the bill would prescribe civil penalties for amounts harvested beyond the one-ounce personal possession limit: $1,000 for each plant “with foliation which exceeds a personal use quantity of cannabis” and $3.50 for each gram that has been detached from a plant and exceeds the personal use amount."

Not surprisingly since it's a form of power over the citizenry, but "has been detached from the plant" means fresh weight rather than dried. So....an individual is fined (or worse) based largely on the weight of moisture (water). I'm surprised if no one through the years has argued in court against getting nailed for the weight of the live/fresh plant since the difference between fresh weight and dry weight is literally just...water.

 

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It am lit up about this right now. The Judicial branch is taking over duties of the Legislative branch because OUR REPRESENTATIVES gave them full authority over the Controlled Substances Act.

Separation of powers between the 3 branches of the Federal Government is what makes the libery and justice promised to citizens in the USA possible. Power must be divided and evenly distributed with representation of the people in the Executive branch, the Legislative branch, and Judicial branch.

Do you understand whats going on here? We are having lawmaking and regulatory work by non-representative un-elected by Federal agency beaurocracy, not by the assembly of elected representatives.

 

[pipeline]

Hopefully they aren't fining you for water weight. The pit they dig for us gets deeper.

 

[dogzter]

It am lit up about this right now. The Judicial branch is taking over duties of the Legislative branch because OUR REPRESENTATIVES gave them full authority over the Controlled Substances Act.

Separation of powers between the 3 branches of the Federal Government is what makes the libery and justice promised to citizens in the USA possible. Power must be divided and evenly distributed with representation of the people in the Executive branch, the Legislative branch, and Judicial branch.

Do you understand whats going on here? We are having lawmaking and regulatory work by non-representative un-elected by Federal agency beaurocracy, not by the assembly of elected representatives.

Now you're seeing it.

 

[pipeline]

This must have been set up this way by the Pharmaceutical companies to prevent alternative medicine from emerging. What the hell, these people are at war with us, are they not?

The lawmakers are working to please those who are opposition to cannabis law reform who is, the board of Chamber of Commerce, the prosecutors council, Pharmaceutical industry, chemical fiber lobby, petrochemical oil lobby, state police. The CSA is set up in a way that doesn't allow research into Schedule 1 or this would have been over a long time ago.

 

[Nannymouse]

I haven't checked into it recently, but if i remember correctly, one of the job requirements for being head of dea was that they had to oppose cannabis legalization "by any means". Didn't say by any legal means.

 

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Thats probably explains why 5 former DEA heads and 4 Former Drug Czars sent a letter of recommendation to the DEA that cannabis remain a Schedule 1 substance.

 

[Sweatloaf]

Thats probably explains why 5 former DEA heads and 4 Former Drug Czars sent a letter of recommendation to the DEA that cannabis remain a Schedule 1 substance.

Makes sense. How often in life does anyone willingly give up power?

 

[Nannymouse]

So...i wonder who can change the job description...or who can hire someone that 'lives in the modern world' and understands the reasons behind the illegality. Or even, who can switch the 'final say' over to an unbiased entity.
I dunno if i would call it 'deep state', but caused by greedy paper mongers, then backed by racist minded cowards, and then double safe-guarded. Systemic discrimination?

I would bet that a very large portion of politicians have used cannabis and know darn well that it doesn't belong on the schedule.

 

[dogzter]

So...i wonder who can change the job description...or who can hire someone that 'lives in the modern world' and understands the reasons behind the illegality. Or even, who can switch the 'final say' over to an unbiased entity.
I dunno if i would call it 'deep state', but caused by greedy paper mongers, then backed by racist minded cowards, and then double safe-guarded. Systemic discrimination?

Systemic corruption is the word you are looking for.
All that stuff you typed is cover for the corruption and wasn't even a thing until occupy wallstreet happened.
The social justice race,sex and gender divisions were started then.
Worked extremely well for them hasn't it.