Green Sticky Leaves
Transcript: The DEA is protecting NIDA's monopoly. They require licensing to research marijuana; however, gives the run around. For instances, Professor Lyle Craker, director of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst's Medicinal Plant Program. Dr. Craker applied for a license from the DEA to establish a facility for FDA-approved research in June 2001. Later that year the DEA claimed the application was lost. a copy was resubmitted then rejected in February 2002 In July 2002, the original application was returned, unprocessed, with the DEA date stamp showing it was received June 2001. Craker resubmitted another signed application on August 20, 2002, which the DEA acknowledged receiving After another year Craker sued the DEA for unreasonable delay - the DEA took action and rejected the app. Again in 2002, Dr. Jon Gettman and others filed a third marijuana rescheduling petition. Marijuana does have medical use, relatively low dependence and abuse liabilities The DEA accepted the petition then stalled for next 8 years then denied the petition The DEA concluded that there were not enough "adequate and well-conducted studies," and thus no "currently accepted medical use." Based on the California Secretary of State, results showed that Yes= 7,979,041 (57.13%) No= 5,987,020 (42.87%) Good or Bad? For the researchers the NIDA approved, the NIDA provided inferior, low potency marijuana with limited cannabinoid profiles. MAPS also stated, that the NIDA highest potency for research is 7% THC while, in states where marijuana is legal the documented potency is between 15-24 percent THC. Yes or No Yes: Adults 21 and over can legally possess, transport, purchase, consume or share up to one ounce(28.5g) of weed and 8g of concentrated weed. Adults 21 and older can grow up to 6 plants per household. Reduces the penalty for many marijuana offenses. More regulations and taxes Antiemetic Reduces nausea and vomiting Anticonvulsant Suppresses seizure activity Antipsychotic Combats psychosis disorders Anti-inflammatory Combats inflammatory disorders Anti-oxidant Combats neurodegenerative disorders Anti-tumoral/Anti- cancer Combats tumor and cancer cells Anxiolytic/Anti- depressant Combats anxiety and depression disorders What is it? Some background info According to courts.ca.gov, Prop 64 is the “Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act,” also known as "Adult Use of Marijuana Act." Adopted by voters on Nov. 8, 2016 Green Sticky Leaves Writer, Jon Gettman from High Times Magazines published an article saying that when Congress first placed the drug as Schedule 1, scientists discovered how marijuana produces its effects on the body and research sought to explain the harm and danger it can cause. However, after research, it was the complete opposite finding. And scientist confirm that marijuana is a relatively safe drug with tremendous medical potential The DEA took 16 years to issue the final decision on the first marijuana rescheduling. 5 years for the second. 9 years for the third rescheduling. In 2/3 cases it took several lawsuits in order for the agency to actually act Then another 12 years and another lawsuit for the DEA to deny a request for an independent research supply. Prop 64..? Many researchers have proposed to study marijuana to prove that it can be of medical benefits. In 1972, first petition filed by the, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) In 1995, a second effort to petition to reschedule marijuana. Filed by researcher Dr. Jon Gettman and High Times magazine Beginning in 1968, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) held a monopoly on the production of marijuana legally available for FDA-approved research and medical purposes in the U.S In 1974, the monopoly was transferred to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which had just been create The NIDA monopoly has prevented research on various aspects of the plant and its cannabinoids Schedule I drug must gain approval from the FDA, yet for studies with marijuana, researchers must submit their protocols for an additional review process by NIDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that exists for no other drug NIDA’s has monopoly power! results in lengthy delays or refusals in providing research material. What this means financially... As stated in Vice News, the DEA and FDA is basically saying that Marijuana is not medicine. It has no beneficial factors to it High potential for abuse It has been four decades(since 1973) since the DEA has first started to obstruct marijuana rescheduling. What are they looking for? No: Growing, possessing, or using marijuana for nonmedical purposes would be illegal. Medical purposes ONLY! Medical Properties of CBD Effects: What does this mean? federalcriminallawcenter.com Greenish, dried up leaves and flowers of a hemp plant (weed, bud, herb) Commonly used by smoking Can also be used to make drinks and food Different forms: hash, oil, resin, shatter and wax. Two major components