UncleSunny
Well-Known Member
Hi.
Recently, The organization, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) petioned the Department of Health and Human services to prove their stance against Marijuana. Think about this...Marijuana is a Schedule 1 controlled Substance under Federal Law. What "Schedule 1 controlled Substance" means is that, and this is directly from the law:
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif][SIZE=-1](A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=-1](B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1](C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. [/SIZE]
Any stoner worth their trichomes can think of at least two or three studies they've read about claiming the value of Marijuana for medical purposes. The problem is that despite the proof of Peer reviewed scientific studies by two bit quacks like Harvard Medical School, Oxford University and the American Medical Association, the politicians are not listening.
The ASA is changing that. There is a little known law called the Data Quality Act of 2001, which demands that any governing agency in charge of litigating passablity of a substance MUST be able to present proof based in scientific evidence as to WHY said substance should be prohibited.
See, this way, McDonalds can't get political clout to claim that Burger King food causes Herpes, therefore shutting them down. This is sort of an Internal Affairs situation when it comes to the FDA, (who, on another note, is coming up on some legislation that could completely legalize Medical Marijuana, or shut the entire program down for good, but that's another story, so stay tuned.)
The ASA filed this petition originally in 2004, and suprisingly enough, the Department of Health and Human Services ignored them for two years and then rejected the petition all together. This now allows the ASA to file for "summary judgment", forcing the agency to respond in kind within 90 days, or else face charges. Once there is precidence of the Dept of HHS, the entire position of Marijuana as a Schedual 1 substance will undoubtably come into question.
There is a change happening here. No longer can legislators face a growing pile of information ground in scientific research with the retort, "Marijuana's bad, M'kay!"
We live in a free society, and by that definition, we can do anything we want to, as long as we don't tread on others. That is my belief, one that I would be willing to fight and die for. Where it is true that my fight is ultimately for people dying and suffering who could genuinely use marijuana for cancer and aids, I do believe that even the simple Euphoric stress relief gained by the occasional smoker is Medical.
We are winning this fight.
Recently, The organization, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) petioned the Department of Health and Human services to prove their stance against Marijuana. Think about this...Marijuana is a Schedule 1 controlled Substance under Federal Law. What "Schedule 1 controlled Substance" means is that, and this is directly from the law:
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif][SIZE=-1](A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=-1](B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1](C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. [/SIZE]
Any stoner worth their trichomes can think of at least two or three studies they've read about claiming the value of Marijuana for medical purposes. The problem is that despite the proof of Peer reviewed scientific studies by two bit quacks like Harvard Medical School, Oxford University and the American Medical Association, the politicians are not listening.
The ASA is changing that. There is a little known law called the Data Quality Act of 2001, which demands that any governing agency in charge of litigating passablity of a substance MUST be able to present proof based in scientific evidence as to WHY said substance should be prohibited.
See, this way, McDonalds can't get political clout to claim that Burger King food causes Herpes, therefore shutting them down. This is sort of an Internal Affairs situation when it comes to the FDA, (who, on another note, is coming up on some legislation that could completely legalize Medical Marijuana, or shut the entire program down for good, but that's another story, so stay tuned.)
The ASA filed this petition originally in 2004, and suprisingly enough, the Department of Health and Human Services ignored them for two years and then rejected the petition all together. This now allows the ASA to file for "summary judgment", forcing the agency to respond in kind within 90 days, or else face charges. Once there is precidence of the Dept of HHS, the entire position of Marijuana as a Schedual 1 substance will undoubtably come into question.
There is a change happening here. No longer can legislators face a growing pile of information ground in scientific research with the retort, "Marijuana's bad, M'kay!"
We live in a free society, and by that definition, we can do anything we want to, as long as we don't tread on others. That is my belief, one that I would be willing to fight and die for. Where it is true that my fight is ultimately for people dying and suffering who could genuinely use marijuana for cancer and aids, I do believe that even the simple Euphoric stress relief gained by the occasional smoker is Medical.
We are winning this fight.
