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therapeutic agent in marijuana, synthesized as the
schedule XI drug Marinol)_ having "a highly
variable chemical composition; _' and, to enhance
the 'Ipurity and predictability of all medicinal
drugs [appellant-State's brief at 28-31]; _'
(2) controlling _'drug availability [ido at 32]_"
(3) marijuana's '_significant potential for abuse
outside of [sic] any medical setting . . . linked
to cancer and short term memory loss o . . clearly
a stepping stone to more serious problems
[cocaine; id. at 34];"
(4) and, a perceived value in the "nationwide
uniformity '_ of drug scheduling [id, at 38-39].
None of these objectives are rationally
served by marijuanaes schedule X classification,
rather than its scheduling at a level that would
enable the terminally ill to obtain marijuana's
remedial effects.
Io Drug purity and predictability are
not enhanced_ by schedule I,s ban
on medical access by termlnally-ill
patients
The State supports criminalizing access by
the terminally-ill_ to what often is their only
remedy to intractable pain (after the exhaustion
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