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Title: CBS News Source: Marijuana To Remain Classified As Dangerous Drug In U.S.
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CBS NY
URL Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/08/11/marijuana-classification/
Published: Aug 11, 2016
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2016-08-11 09:18:51 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 3660
Comments: 24
The federal government is expected to make an announcement Thursday that it has rejected petitions to loosen the classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use, CBS News reported. But a U.S. government source told CBS News that the government would allow more research into marijuana, senior investigative producer Pat Milton reported. A nurse practitioner and two former state governors filed petitions asking federal agencies to have marijuana reclassified as a drug with acceptable medical uses, CBS New reported. Marijuana has long been classified as a “Schedule 1” drug with “no currently accepted medical use and high potential for abuse,” which is the same classification for such drugs as heroin. 
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#2. To: cranky (#0)
Nowhere in the announcement document (below) does the federal government say marijuana is a "dangerous" drug. CBS lied. CBS made it up out of thin air. https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-17954.pdf
Perhaps not but they do quote the dea which quotes the House of Delegates ("The DEA further notes that the 2013 AMA House of Delegates report states that, "cannabis is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern." (AMA, 2013) and they repeatedly claim marijuana has a high potential for abuse and lacks accepted safety for use under medical supervision (or variations thereof). I have no love for cbs but I'd say it was thick air.
The American Medical Association, House of Delegates said it was dangerous. The DEA did not say it was dangerous. The DOJ did not say it was dangerous. No one in the federal government said it was dangerous. AND, most importantly, Congress did not classify it as dangerous. So the claim that the federal government "rejected petitions to loosen the classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug" is a lie.
"Schedule I drugs are considered the most dangerous class of drugs" - https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/ds.shtml
In their announcement, the DEA did not say it was dangerous.
Straw man. Since the DEA has gone on the record saying that Schedule I drugs, which include marijuana, are dangerous, and since they were expected to reject petitions to loosen the Schedule I classification of marijuana, it was accurate to say, "The federal government is expected to make an announcement Thursday that it has rejected petitions to loosen the classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug".
They said Schedule I was the most dangerous class of drugs. They never said marijuana was dangerous. Moot point. They're not saying it now, are they?
#13. To: misterwhite (#12)
That's stupid even for you ... if Schedule I drugs are dangerous and marijuana is a Schedule I drug then marijuana is dangerous . Until they explicitly say otherwise, it remains their on-the-record position.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"The federal government is expected to make an announcement Thursday that it has rejected petitions to loosen the classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug ..."
#5. To: misterwhite (#2)
Nowhere in the announcement document (below) does the federal government say marijuana is a "dangerous" drug. CBS lied. CBS made it up out of thin air.
#6. To: cranky (#5)
#9. To: misterwhite, cranky (#6)
The DEA did not say it was dangerous.
#10. To: ConservingFreedom (#9)
#11. To: misterwhite (#10)
In their announcement, the DEA did not say it was dangerous.
#12. To: ConservingFreedom (#11)
"Since the DEA has gone on the record saying that Schedule I drugs, which include marijuana, are dangerous ..."
Replies to Comment # 12. They said Schedule I was the most dangerous class of drugs. They never said marijuana was dangerous.
Moot point. They're not saying it now, are they?
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