> Worked well for Marijuana's temporary scheduling.
Are you saying that this same process has been used to permanently classify Marijuana as schedule I? That means you're implicitly claiming a few things:
* That the DEA issued a temporary classification on Marijuana that would've expired after 2 years.
* That the DEA has the power to - by itself - schedule a drug permanently. (If it went through Congress, that's a different process)
* That the DEA has the power to schedule Marijuana freely. In particular, there are no treaties forcing it to be classified a certain way.
* That the DEA used its power to freely classify Marijuana, and chose to label it as schedule I. (As a consequence, they could relabel it at any time.)
I don't know the history of marijuana or which of these is true or not. If all true, I'd like to see a different government agency do the classification(maybe the FDA? or some Congressional committee?) and the DEA do the enforcement.
Are you saying that this same process has been used to permanently classify Marijuana as schedule I? That means you're implicitly claiming a few things:
* That the DEA issued a temporary classification on Marijuana that would've expired after 2 years.
* That the DEA has the power to - by itself - schedule a drug permanently. (If it went through Congress, that's a different process)
* That the DEA has the power to schedule Marijuana freely. In particular, there are no treaties forcing it to be classified a certain way.
* That the DEA used its power to freely classify Marijuana, and chose to label it as schedule I. (As a consequence, they could relabel it at any time.)
I don't know the history of marijuana or which of these is true or not. If all true, I'd like to see a different government agency do the classification(maybe the FDA? or some Congressional committee?) and the DEA do the enforcement.