Marijuana still a drug with no accepted medical use, court says
Appellate judges defer to federal health experts and side with the DEA
Los Angeles Times (US)
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Marijuana will continue to be considered a highly dangerous drug under federal law with no accepted medical uses, after a U.S. appeals court refused to order a change in the government's 40-year-old drug classification schedule. The decision keeps in place an odd legal split over marijuana, a drug deemed to be as dangerous as heroin and worse than methamphetamine by federal authorities, but one that has been legalized for medical use by voters or legislators in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
