Congress members urge Obama to remove marijuana from illegal drugs list

[oxyfen]

the pres that does that needs to be on their 2nd term

 

[23536]

Damn, the CSA is a long ass document.

So, the attorney general can initiate the process of descheduling a drug.

However:

In order to complete the process, the drug must be determined to fit the criteria accordingly, which means approval from the secretary of the department of health and human services. The act doesn't seem to mention the FDA. As an already scheduled substance, that has already been determined to fit schedule I, this would mean he would need HHS review, right?

Well then, maybe he can order him to unschedule it altogether. There is, in the history of the CSA, one drug that was completely descheduled, but I can't remember what it was (a piperazine I think).

I wonder if there's been West Wing type conversations about this in the Obama White House. Although I doubt the repartee was anywhere near as witty as Sorkin's. His characters intimidate me with their mental agility.

 

[Clocktower]

It's too bad the AG can't (?) "Emergency unschedule" a substance. I'd like to see what the USA looks like after two years of legal Cannabis.

 

[amanitadine]

Well then, maybe he can order him to unschedule it altogether. There is, in the history of the CSA, one drug that was completely descheduled, but I can't remember what it was (a piperazine I think).

I wonder if there's been West Wing type conversations about this in the Obama White House. Although I doubt the repartee was anywhere near as witty as Sorkin's. His characters intimidate me with their mental agility.

Dextrorphan was schedule I and then completely descheduled in the mid 70's.....why, I have no idea. It is a mystery that has plagued me for some time, unnecessarily! It has never been in any OTC products to my knowledge, and is a far more potent NMDA antagonist than DXM, and without the release of serotonin. Loperamide went from V to OTC.....that's all I know of offhand....

 

[red_eyed_wonda]

from what i remember from us govt the only thing an executive order can be overridden is by congress veto?

 

[theWhiteLarryBird]

"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress," Obama said during the interview. "It's not something by ourselves that we start changing. No, there are laws under – undergirding those determinations." Spoken like a true politician..