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to Schedule II will_send a signal _ that marijuana is "OK" generally for
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r'ecreationa_ use. This argument is specious° It presentS'no valid reason for
refraining from taki-ng a_ action, requi.red by law in light o{the.evidence. If
,. mar._jdana should be placed in Schedule l:,in obedience to _he iaw, then that is
: o where :marijuana should be placed, regardless of misinterpretation of the place-
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ment 5y some. The reasons for the placement can, and should, be clearly explain
at the time the action is taken. -The fear of sending such a signal cannot be
permitted to pverr_de the legitimate need, amply demonstrated in this record, of
countless suffers for the relief marijuana can provide when prescribed by a
physician in a legitimate case.
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The evidence :in this record clearly shows that marijuana has been accepted
as capable of relieving the distress of great numbers of very ill people, and
doing so with safety under medical supervision° £t would be unreasonable_
arbitrary and capricious for DEA t;o continue to stand between those sufferers
and the benefits of this substance in light of tF, e evidence in this record.
The administrative _aw judge recommends that: the Administrator conclude
thaithe marijuana plant considered as a whole has a currently accepted medicai
use in treatment in the.United States, that therE: is no lack of accepted safet._
for use of :C under medical supervision and that it may lawfu_Iy be transferre(-
from Schedule I to Schedule fin The judge recommends that the Admin_strator
transfer marijuana from Schedule : to Schedule :I.
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