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--- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at:
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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- July 7, 2004www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-newpot7jul07,1,7500289,email.s tory?coll=la-news-comment-editorials) www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-newpot7jul07,1,7168045,print.s tory?coll=la-news-comment-editorials) EDITORIAL Feds' Wayward Path on Pot It isn't surprising that the Bush administration clashed with California over its 1996 voter initiative that approved medical use of marijuana under remarkably liberal conditions. The Justice Department raided medical pot farms, arrested medical pot distributors and threatened to prosecute doctors for recommending or prescribing marijuana to AIDS and cancer patients and other chronically ill people. Today, however, the Justice Department's medical marijuana war seems increasingly out of step with the whole country. Last fall, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling barring federal officials from prosecuting doctors for their recommendations. Two months ago, Vermont became the ninth state to let seriously ill patients use medicinal marijuana. And two weeks ago, the United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and other mainstream religious groups supported doctors' rights to prescribe pot as a when-all-else-fails treatment for the seriously ill. A House bill scheduled for a vote today would prohibit the use of federal funds to arrest and prosecute doctors, medical marijuana users and caregivers. A similar bill was defeated last year on a 273-152 vote. This year's bipartisan measure, by Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and Sam Farr (D-Salinas), is not expected to pass either but is likely to pick up several more votes. Opponents increasingly don't deny the medical benefits of pot but still fear implicit sanctioning of its recreational use. The best way to thwart casual use of the drug is to let doctors prescribe it in closely circumscribed and carefully regulated ways. And under federal law, neither the courts nor legislatures can do that. Only the Drug Enforcement Administration can get at the root of the problem: its nonsensical classification of marijuana as a Schedule I substance, a taboo category for drugs such as heroin that have no "accepted medical use" and a high potential for abuse. The DEA should move marijuana to at least Schedule II, its slightly less prohibitive category for morphine and cocaine. That change isn't likely to happen in an election year. But as voters speak in more states, as the Supreme Court considers their right to do so, and medical journals and studies continue to find benefit in marijuana, the Justice Department should explicitly cease its campaign of intimidation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment: http://drugsense.org/temp/part832.html www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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