Thursday, January 24, 2013
Federal appeals court declines to change marijuana drug classification
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official websites] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that it would not compel the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) [official website] to change the listing of marijuana as a Schedule I drug. The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (CSA) [text] permits the DEA to place narcotics into various Schedule classes and permits outside groups to request reclassification of those narcotics. Schedule I is the most restrictive classification for drugs and includes...
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