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The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 established 5 classifications, or «schedules,» into which all illegal and prescription drugs were placed. Cannabis was put in Schedule I, which specifies the compound as having a high capacity for abuse, no presently accepted medical use in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for usage under medical supervision. To contrast, over 90 published reports and studies have actually revealed cannabis has medical efficacy.

Source: The Controlled Substances Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § § 801 et seq.; Common Sense for Drug Policy, Compendium of Reports, Research and Articles Demonstrating the Effectiveness of Medical Marijuana, Vol. I & Vol. II (Falls Church, VA: Common Sense for Drug Policy, March 1997).

The U.S. Penal Code mentions that anybody can be put behind bars for up to one year for belongings of one cannabis cigarette and put behind bars for approximately five years for growing a single cannabis plant.

Source: The Controlled Substances Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § § 801 et seq.

. On September 6, 1988, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chief Administrative Law Judge, Francis L. Young, ruled:

«Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the most safe therapeutically active substances known … [T] he provisions of the [Controlled Substances & # 093 Act license and need the transfer of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule II. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this compound.»

Source: US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency, «In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition,» [Docket # 86-22] (September 6, 1988), p. 57.

The DEA’s Administrative Law Judge, Francis Young concluded: «In strict medical terms cannabis is far more secure than numerous foods we typically take in. For instance, eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a poisonous reaction. By contrast, it is physically difficult to eat enough cannabis to cause death. Cannabis in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances understood to male. By any procedure of rational analysis cannabis can be safely utilized within the supervised routine of medical care.»

Source: US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency, «In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition,» [Docket # 86-22], (September 6, 1988), p. 57.

Between 1978 and 1997, 35 states and the District of Columbia passed legislation recognizing Cannabis Usage For Medical Treatment‘s medical value.

States include: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IA, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI.