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 to Schedule II will _send a s_gnal _ that marijuana _s "OK _ generally for
 recrea_ona] use° This argumer_ _s specious_ It presents no valid r_ason for
 refraining frc__akimg.a_::_iomreq_i_d by law'in Hg_t of-the evidences If
 marljuana should be placed _a Schedule II, _n obedience to the _aw, the_ that i_
 where marljuana should be placed, regardless of misinterpretation of the place_
 .::":_._>memt by some. _ The _e_s_ms for the placement cans and shou]d_ be clearly explained
 " a_" the i:ime the action _s tokens The fear of sending such a signal cannot be
 pemitted to override the legitimate need, amply d_onstrated in this record, of
 countless suffers for the relief marijuana can provide when prescribed by a
 physician "in a legitimate case..
 The evidence in this record clearly shows that marijuana has been accepted
 as capable of relieving the distress of great numbers of very iI_ people, and
 doing so-with safety _nder medical supervisions It _ould be unreasonable,
 arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers
 and the benefits of this substance in light of the evidence in this records
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 The administrative law Judge recommends that the Administrator conclude
 that the marijuana plant considered as a whole has a currently accepted medicaI
 use in treatmeni: in the.United States, that there is no "iack of accepted safety
 for use of it under medical supervision and that ii: may "lawfully be transferred
 from Schedule I to Schedule I_ The.Judge recommends that the Administrator
 transfer _arij_ana from Schedule Z to Schedule I_
 Dated: 5EP B 1988 / 17 / / /
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