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STEPTQE & JOHNSON
ATTOANEY3 AT LAW
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PHO_N _X, A_ _ZONA 8T_Plrt3E & JONN_! iNTERNAT_gMA5
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37EVEN K,, DAVtDBON
May 25_ 1993
The Honorable Janet Reno
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
10th and Constitution Avenues N=W.
Waghlngton, D.C.
Re: Allianc_e_f_r Cannab___ Therapeuticm_.V_ DEAd
No. 92-I16_/D_C_ Ci_/___D_u_ P__icy
Fg_unda_ionj. DEA. N - =I _ C
Dear Attorney General Reno_
As counsel for petitioner Alliance for Cannabis
Therapeutics ("ACT") in the above-referenced matter, I am writing
to express my serious concern regarding the apparent intent of
the Department of Justice to file a brief In opposition te ACT_m
petition f_r review_ which brief i_ due tomorzow, May 27. Xt is
my sincere hope that you will in_el_vene in this matter and avoid
any further legal or policy e:_.:or by the Department concerning
this critical issue in the treatment of the seriously illo
This case involves a petition by ACT and others tO
reschedule marijuana from Schedule _ to Schedule II of the
Controlled substances Acts 21 U,S,C. § 801 _ ___. Such a
reacheduling would remove certain significant obstacles to
mariJuana's use in treatment and research. This matter has been
pending before the DEA and the D,C. Circuit since 1972; the DEA's
unwavering opposition to the drug's rescA%edul_ng ha_ been
criticized by the D.C. Circuit in four separate epinlons.
More recently_ in 1988_ after extensive evidentia_y
hearings, the chief A_m_n_trative Law Judge of the DEA found"
that marijuana should be transferred to Schedule _. However_
disregarding this ruling and the overwhelming record evidence Of
marijuana_e medical effectiveness, in 1989_ the Administrator of
the DEA refused to follow the AIJ_ find_ngls_ This ruling was.
ori%!cized by the D.c. Circuit in 1991 a_ contrary to law and wee
remanded to the D_A_ ¥oiiowinq remand_ and after refusing
petltloners _ r_q_e_t_ to 8uppleme_n% the rscord, the DEA
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