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accepted medical user and denying the petition of NORML to
rescheduie marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II of the
Controlled Substances Acts 54 FR 53767. On April 26, 1991t
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit remanded the matter to the Administrator
for clarification of DEA_s interpretation of the term
_'current!y accepted medical use in treatment in the United
States." Alliance For Cannabis Thera eutics v. DEAs 930
F.2d 936.
Following a review of the entire record in this matter,
and a comprehensive re-examination of the relevant statutory
standard, I conclude that marijuana has no currently
accepted medical use and must remain in Schedule Io Further
hearings are unnecessary since the record is extraordinarily
complete, all parties had ample opportunity and wide
latitude to present evidence and to brief all relevant
issues, and the narrow question on remand centers
exclusively on this Agency's legal interpretation of a
statutorily-created standard_
Summary of the Decision
Does the marijuana plant have any currently accepted
medical use in treatment in the United States, within the
meaning of the Federal Controlled Substances Acts 21 UoS.Co
80!_ et seqo? Put simplye is marijuana good medicine for
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