Medical marijuana advocates seek reclassification of drug
Plaintiffs urge a U.S. appeals court to require the government to take into account marijuana's medical value and reclassify the drug
Los Angeles Times (US)
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
A medical marijuana advocate urged a federal appeals court to require the U.S. government to relax, or at least rethink, a more-than-40-year-old rule that treats marijuana as a highly dangerous drug with no medical value. Federal drug regulators "have failed to weigh the evidence" from a growing number of medical studies showing that marijuana is effective for relieving pain and nausea, said Joe Elford, counsel for Americans for Safe Access. (See also: Appeals Court hears case on medical value of marijuana)
