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marijuana cannot be _defined W or Wstandardized#3_/ are all
rebutted by the Agency's own witnesses and by the actions of DEA
and other federal agencies.
The DEA, for example_ defines marijuana as a Schedule I
substance ands more precisely, as a product produced at federally
'licensed-facilities which_ in turn_ distribute marijuana to FDA_
authorized, DEA-sanctioned progr_s of investigation. The DEA
even has a code number for this marijuanao 3_/
The National Xnstitute on Drug Abuser the agency which
produces federal supplies of marijuanas mainta&ns two Drag Master
Files (DMF #366 & DMF #1631) on marijuana with the FDAo 34/ These
NIDA held Drug Master Files (DMF) contain detailed descriptions
of the marijuana NIDA grows and rolls into cigarettes and distri _
butes to FDA-approved, DEA_sanctioned IND research programs. The
existence of these Drug Master Files -- and the use of informa_
tion in these files by FDA in approving IND programs of study -_
2u_/ DEA Brief at 99. DEA states:
The Administrator's standard for accepted
medical use in treatment requires that there
must be scientifically determined and
..... accepted knowledge of the chemistry of a drug
. , . for it to have an accepted medical use.
2u_/ The current DEA code for marijuana is DEA No. 7360. This
code describes marijuana grown An Oxford, Mississippi.
___/ These NIDA held FDA Drug Master Files (DMF) for marijuana
contain extensive information on animal _tudies_ pharmacology,
toxicology, drug composition and chemistry. The state studiesf
and nCompassionate_H IND programs were approved by referencing
information held in NIDA's Marijuana_Drug Master Files. Se_e ACT
Official State Reports, Vole I!_ Exhibit I0, New Jersey Cancer
Protocol_ FD 1571 Attachments I-!5_ at i--3.
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