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Denied: DEA Refuses to Reclassify Marijuana, Claims it’s as Dangerous as Heroin

July 25, 2011 1 comment

Monday, 25 July 2011 08:20

 

‘The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has finally acknowledged a nine-year-old petition filed by The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis to reclassify marijuana as a schedule III, IV, or V drug, rather than its current, and more-serious, schedule I classification.

The acknowledgment, however, was an official denial of the petition based on claims that there are no studies to prove the medicinal value of marijuana, and that the plant is basically as unsafe as heroin.’

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