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It's Been an 'All Out War' on Pot Smokers for 35 Years Paul Armentano
Thirty-five years ago today, a Congressionally mandated commission on US drug policy did something extraordinary: they told the truth about marijuana.
On March 22, 1972, the National Commission on Marihuana (sic) and Drug Abuse chaired by former Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer � recommended Congress amend federal law so that the use and possession of pot would no longer be a criminal offense.
On today's anniversary of the Shafer Commission's findings, NORML is encouraging activists to contact their elected officials, reminding them that the Commissions were right then and are even more applicable now.
For more information, please go here
In addition, never-before-public audiotapes of President Richard Nixon and Governor Shafer discussing the report, and an exclusive interview with former Commission member Dr. Thomas Ungerlieder -- are available on the Wednesday and Thursday editions NORML's Daily AudioStash
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Shafer Commission Report - The Report of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding
This commission was directed by Raymond P. Shafer, former Republican governor of Pennsylvania, and had four sitting, elected politicians among its eleven members. The commission also had leading addiction scholars among its members and staff and was appointed by President Nixon in the midst of the drug-war hysteria at that time. While the commission supported much existing policy, it produced two reflective reports, this being the final comprehensive document, which recommended research, experimentation, and humane compromise. The first recommendations of the commission were:
1. Possession of marihuana for personal use would no longer be an offense, but marihuana possessed in public would remain contraband subject to summary seizure and forfeiture. 2. Casual distribution of small amounts of marihuana for no remuneration, or Insignificant remuneration not involving profit, would no longer be an offense.
The recommendations in this reports were endorsed by (among others) the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, The American Association for Public Health, the National Education Association, and the National Council of Churches.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2007 By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer (AP) Federal prosecutors counted immigration violations, marriage fraud and drug trafficking among anti-terror cases in the four years after 9/11 even though no evidence linked them to terror activity, a Justice Department audit said Tuesday. [read more]
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DEA Judge Recommends End to Government Obstruction of Medical Marijuana
For Immediate Release February 13, 2023
DEA Judge Recommends End to Government Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research
Historic Step Toward Nation's First Privately-Funded Marijuana Production Facility
Washington, D.C. - University of Massachusetts-Amherst Professor Lyle Craker, MAPS, the ACLU, and a broad array of medical and public policy groups nationwide enthusiastically supported today's official recommendation by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner that Prof. Craker be permitted to grow research-grade marijuana for use in privately-funded government-approved studies that aim to develop the marijuana plant into a legal, prescription medicine. Judge Bittner ruled that it is in the public interest to end the federal government's monopoly, which it has maintained for over six decades, on the supply of marijuana that can be used in FDA-approved research.
This ruling is a victory for science, medicine and the public good, said Prof. Craker. I hope the DEA abides by the decision and grants me the opportunity to do my job unimpeded by drug war politics.�
The 87-page Opinion and Recommended Ruling by Judge Bittner, who is appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice, marks a unique window of opportunity in the six year struggle by MAPS and Prof. Craker to gain a Schedule I DEA license to grow research-grade marijuana for use by scientists in MAPS-funded, DEA- and FDA-approved studies.
For decades, politicians have said that marijuana has no proven medical value while scientists have been denied the ability to prove otherwise, said Rick Doblin, Ph.D., president and founder of MAPS.
The court's ruling is only a recommendation to DEA Deputy Administrator Michele Leonhart, however, not a binding ruling; thus, the DEA retains final decision-making authority. In response, scientists, researchers, doctors and medical marijuana patients nationwide are joining MAPS and the ACLU by encouraging the DEA to comply with the court�s finding and to halt federal obstruction of medical marijuana research.
Prior to this recent ruling, organizations that had already written to DEA in favor of Prof. Craker's application included the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, the Lymphoma Foundation of America, the National Association for Public Health Policy, the United Methodist Church, Americans for Tax Reform, the American Medical Students Association, several state nurses' associations, the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, Massachusetts Senators Kerry and Kennedy, 38 members of the US House of Representatives, and the California and Texas State Medical Associations, the two largest US state medical associations.
If the DEA grants Prof. Craker a Schedule I license, his proposed research-grade medical marijuana production facility will be funded by MAPS, a non-profit research organization that plans to design, fund, and obtain government approval for the clinical trials necessary to bring marijuana to market as a fully legal, prescription medication. MAPS has had two FDA-approved marijuana studies blocked by NIDA, and would require a reliable, high-quality supply of research material to justify the time and expense to sponsor FDA-approved clinical research evaluating the risks and benefits of marijuana as a potential FDA-approved medicine.
The ACLU and the Washington D.C. law firm Jenner & Block, LLP are co-counsel for the case and are assisted by Steptoe & Johnson, LLP.
For extensive background information on Professor Craker's proposed medical marijuana production facility, please see: http://maps.org/mmj/DEAlawsuit.html
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The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a membership-based non-profit research and educational organization that assists scientists to design, fund, obtain approval for and report on studies into the risks and benefits of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana. MAPS' mission is to sponsor scientific research designed to develop psychedelics and marijuana into FDA-approved prescription medicines, and to educate the public honestly about the risks and benefits of these drugs.
Titus 1:15 "All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted. They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed."
"Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses."
"And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him"
lol! no kidding. we can't repeal 420. period. It would cause disaster.
I just got ripped off big time by a couple of othe patients. They stripped my plants for clones, and under the intimidations of a gun, I had to leave my plants and equipment there.
I'm ready to join the ONDCP in a push to repeal SB 420. Drug lords and drug gangs run medipot now, you can't get away from them, they move in on you. ASA doesn't care that patients are getting ripped off blind; all they do is try to defend the very people getting rich off the backs of sick people. It's clear to me now, that we will not ever obtain safe access to medicine under SB 420. It is simply too corrupted by the people now to salvage. Repeal it, charge every SOB that got rich on the backs of sick people, and designate Government operated safe places to grow.
you can't get away from the theives extortionists gangsters and racketeers; they run the deal now. Organized that way. You can't avoid them even when you try.
it's sad to say it, but I am going to actively support a repeal of SB 420 now.
man this is bad. Last year I heard my 13 year old nephew was mowing lawns in the town where he lives, and his mower kept breaking down. so I bought him the best mower I could afford, with all the attachments.
turns out, the guy sold us a mower that couldn't do the job. The motors knocking and they won't repair it.
like 3000 bucks worth of stuff from them. And looking back at the conduct of the dealer, it was intentional. He refused to sell us the extended warranty on it, and also told us it would be a good mower for Jesse to use.
Can't get it into small claims unless I go there, and I doubt the BBB will do anything.
"… let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us." Hebrews 12:1
From the ends of the earth unto You I call time and again I fall, and back to You I crawl Saviour You have been a refuge for me a tower of strength in the face of the enemy. Alleluia!
i smoke weed only when i feel i need a boost. it brings my sins and wrong doings to my eyes. Therefore i learn from my mistakes. I could i stop doing wrong if i didnt know it was wrong. So let them judge
"St Antipas calmly answered that he was not about to serve the demons that fled from him, a mere mortal. He said he worshiped the Lord Almighty, and he would continue to worship the Creator of all, with His Only-Begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit."
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