The circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia hands down Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics v. Drug Enforcement Agency, upholding the authority of John Lawn, Drug Enforcement Administrator, to disregard the findings of Francis L. Young, DEA administrative law judge that marijuana/hemp is medicinally safe.
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Lynn Zimmer and John P. Morgan, Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts: A Review of the Scientific Evidence, (New York and San Francisco: The Lindesmith Center, 1997), 22.
Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics v. Drug Enforcement Agency, 15 F. 3d 1131 (D.C. Cir. 1994).
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