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(3) The state of current scientific knowledge
regarding the drug or other substance; [and]
(6) What, if any, risk there is to the public
healtho 19-/
In 1970_ Congress placed marij_ana into Schedule I. 15J
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< At the same times pursuant to a political compromises Congress
established a commission -- later known as the Schaefer
Commission -- to investigates _nte_ _lJ_, whether marijuana's
classification as a Schedule I dl_/g was appropriate. _/ In 1972_
the Schaefer Commission recommended that marijuana be
decriminalized and thus removed from scheduling altogether. !7/
Among its many findings, the Schaefer Commission concluded
#marijuana [has] important therapeutic properties which should be
aggressively explored. #IS/ Unfortunatelyt the Nixon Administra-
tion disavowed the conclusions of the Schaefer Commission and
launched the so=called _War on Drugs. _I/_/
Based upon the foregoing_ if marijuana has a "currently
accepted medical use in treatment in the United States x or a
#currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions # and,
i__/ i_d. § 811(c)(3) and (6).
15/ __do § 812(c). $e@ __q Affidavit of Alice OSLeary (ACT,
Vol° I, tab 14) (hereinafter RAffidavit of Alice O'Leary_)_ _ 23°
I__/ Affidavit of Alice O_Leary_ _ 25.
/J_/ Id. at _ 29.
1_8_f _d.
i_./ /I_. at _ 30.
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