I filed a petition with the DEA a few years ago to move marijuana to the same schedule as Marinol, which I think was in Schedule II at that time. The FDA said marijuana was not the source of the THC in Marinol, because the THC (dronabinol) was synthetic. I'm glad to see they are finally recommending the same schedule for both. I also filed one a few years later saying state law proves accepted medical use, which I can see now does not quite make sense because those laws have to be in existing long enough to collect some data. My brief on that one is in the NORML legal brief bank. The data is there now. This is great! Thank you, Shane! And, thank you Matt for giving us this early preview of what's to come. It looks like 2024 will be an exciting year.
I filed a petition with the DEA a few years ago to move marijuana to the same schedule as Marinol, which I think was in Schedule II at that time. The FDA said marijuana was not the source of the THC in Marinol, because the THC (dronabinol) was synthetic. I'm glad to see they are finally recommending the same schedule for both. I also filed one a few years later saying state law proves accepted medical use, which I can see now does not quite make sense because those laws have to be in existing long enough to collect some data. My brief on that one is in the NORML legal brief bank. The data is there now. This is great! Thank you, Shane! And, thank you Matt for giving us this early preview of what's to come. It looks like 2024 will be an exciting year.
https://norml.org/lawyers/legal-brief-bank/
In the Scheduling category of the brief bank
Carl, you’ll be glad to know that one of your ideas has inspired me. I’ll be writing about it soon. Cheers.
What I am most curious to know is how the international reclassification of marijuana in 2020 will impact the DEA's decision making on international treaty obligations. https://www.who.int/news/item/04-12-2020-un-commission-on-narcotic-drugs-reclassifies-cannabis-to-recognize-its-therapeutic-uses