Fed Court says Marijuana is still a dangerous drug with no known medical uses.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Court rejects bid to have marijuana reclassified

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a petition to reclassify marijuana from its current federal status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use.

The appeals court panel denied the bid from three medical marijuana groups, including Americans for Safe Access, and several individuals. In 2011, the Drug Enforcement Administration had rejected a petition by medical marijuana advocates to change the classification.

In his majority opinion Tuesday, Judge Harry T. Edwards wrote that the question wasn't whether marijuana could have some medical benefits, but rather whether the DEA's decision was "arbitrary and capricious." The court concluded that the DEA action survived a review under that standard.

The ruling came just months after Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana for recreational use. Last month, President Barack Obama said that federal authorities have "bigger fish to fry" than recreational drug users in those states

Edwards, an appointee of Democratic President Jimmy Carter, was joined by Judge Merrick B. Garland, an appointee of Democratic President Bill Clinton. The third judge on the panel, Karen LeCraft Henderson, an appointee of Republican President George H.W. Bush, wrote that none of the petitioners was in a legal position to challenge the government's stance and that the case should have been dismissed. The other two judges concluded that at least one of the people bringing the suit had standing to challenge the DEA's action.

In the federal system, marijuana is classified as a controlled substance, categorized as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use, together with drugs like heroin, LSD and ecstasy.

The court noted that the DEA denied the petition after the Department of Health and Human Services gave the DEA its evaluation that marijuana lacks a currently accepted medical use in the United States.

"Because the agency's factual findings in this case are supported by substantial evidence and because those factual findings reasonably support the agency's final decision not to reschedule marijuana, we must uphold the agency action," the court ruled.

DEA regulations define "currently accepted medical use" to require, among other things, "adequate and well-controlled studies proving efficacy."

Those challenging the government "have not pointed to `adequate and well-controlled studies' confirming the efficacy of marijuana for medicinal uses," the court found.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20130122/US.Medical.Marijuana.Court.Challenge/

[Karee 4,191]

"Dangerous drug with no known medical uses." Kinda sounds like beer, wine, and liquor.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

"Dangerous drug with no known medical uses." Kinda sounds like beer, wine, and liquor.

Spirits have always been considered "medicinal".

A G&T helps with that malaria.

[Karee 4,191]

Spirits have always been considered "medicinal".

Someone needs to clue in the doctors and hospitals. I've yet to see either one of them stock them on premise.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Someone needs to clue in the doctors and hospitals. I've yet to see either one of them stock them on premise.

The Romans are credited with discovering how to distill alcohol. They called the final product "aqua vita" or "water of life." Distillation for medicinal purposes probably began in the early twelfth century in Italy, when wine was distilled to produce brandy. Distilled alcohol has been used as an anesthetic (a drug or preparation that produces unconsciousness or increased insensitivity to pain) and as a wound cleaner and antiseptic (a substance that cleans and sterilizes by stopping the growth of microorganisms on body tissues and surfaces). Distilled alcohol's purity makes it a good preservative, and it is still used in liquid medications.

Read more: http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/A-An/Alcohol-Distilled.html#b#ixzz2Ik6ICczt

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

http://prohibition.osu.edu/american-prohibition-1920/medicinal-alcohol

[Karee 4,191]

Where's the beer, wine and liquor?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Spirits have always been considered "medicinal".

A G&T helps with that malaria.

lol maybe the Tonic Water with its quinine but the Gin was there to get it down your throat.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

lol maybe the Tonic Water with its quinine but the Gin was there to get it down your throat.

That is what I hear, the amount of Quinine in the water needed to make it effective also made it bitter. But, the alcohol in cough medicine is there for more than just to keep everything in suspension. Of course, I am old enough to remember when cough medicine also had codeine in it. Alcohol is still a common ingredient for many elixirs, both OTC and prescribed.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

In Vermont you can get yourself arrested for smoking pot IF you do it while walking down Church St. AND throw rocks at windows at the same time.

[OriZ 3,157]

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a petition to reclassify marijuana from its current federal status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use.

Baloney.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The only thing weed is dangerous to is a bag of cool ranch Doritos

[Dakine10 5,452]

In Vermont you can get yourself arrested for smoking pot IF you do it while walking down Church St. AND throw rocks at windows at the same time.

You can also get arrested in Vermont for intentionally killing a bird with an airplane. What the hell's going on up there that they needed to pass a law like that?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

You can also get arrested in Vermont for intentionally killing a bird with an airplane. What the hell's going on up there that they needed to pass a law like that?

Simple

There is virtually no crime to concern our legislators. They do not care about marijuana. Our high school graduation rate is one of the highest in the nation and as a percentage of popualtion we have more college students than any other state (20% of the population of the largest city is college students) Our unemployment and home values have held pretty steady while everyone else convulsed.

Basically, we have few problems and even though our legislature is volunteer (they do get a travel stipend but are expected to sleep in their own homes each night) and meets only a couple months per year, they did find time to protect innocent pilots from wacko environmentalists (something there is little shortage of worldwide) who wanted them prosecuted for accidentally killing birds with aircraft. I know, right...that is why we call them "wackos"

The legislature of YOUR state wishes they had so few problems. But, too bad for you.

Now, if they would simply allow ANYone to carry a concealed handgun, they also could have a very low crime rate, high graduation rate and education be such an important part of YOUR state's economy. Write your legislators and ask for unrestricted concealed carry today.

I suggest you also import some magic unicorns, convert the major industry of yout state to making maple syrup, cheese and chocolate, and for for God's sake....don't worry, BE HAPPY! Works for us. But first, allow anyone to carry a gun.

PS: build some greenish looking mountains, and make French the second language

[Dakine10 5,452]

The legislature of YOUR state wishes they had so few problems. But, too bad for you.

Now, if they would simply allow ANYone to carry a concealed handgun, they also could have a very low crime rate, high graduation rate and education be such an important part of YOUR state's economy. Write your legislators and ask for unrestricted concealed carry today.

I suggest you also import some magic unicorns, convert the major industry of yout state to making maple syrup, cheese and chocolate, and for for God's sake....don't worry, BE HAPPY! Works for us. But first, allow anyone to carry a gun.

Most of the states with the lowest crime rates also have low population densities. Nothing magic about that, and apparently nothing to do with concealed carry either.

The high rate of magic unicorns per capita may help a little in Vermont, but I suspect it's the "capita" that's most important.