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Stop The Hypocrisy: Medical Marijuana Advocates Take On DEA

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 08/18/2016 - 08:44

The Drug Enforcement Agency refused to relax restrictions on cannabis last week, meaning marijuana will remain Schedule 1 — the strictest category of the Controlled Substances Act, designated for dangerous and addictive drugs with no medical value — in spite of growing evidence that marijuana is relatively safe and medically useful.

The DEA is claiming marijuana lacks medical value. If that’s true, why did the U.S. government file a patent for cannabis — stating that the plant has multiple therapeutic benefits — way back in 1999?

Attn report:

That’s what some medical marijuana advocates are asking after the DEA declined to loosen federal restrictions on cannabis last week.

To highlight the contradiction, they’re sharing photos of their hands featuring the patent number: 6,630,507.

 

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