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commented on the blog post New York Times Needs to Get over the 5th Grade Pot Jokes
In June 2010, the Oregon Board of Pharmacy reclassified marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule II drug. News reports noted that this reclassification makes Oregon the “first state in the nation to make marijuana anything less serious than a Schedule I drug.”
21 U.S.C. 903 reads: Title 21 United States Code (USC)Controlled Substances Act Section 903.
Application of State law
No provision of this subchapter shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which that provision operates, including criminal penalties, to the exclusion of any State law on the same subject matter which would otherwise be within the authority of the State, unless there is a positive conflict between that provision of this subchapter and that State law so that the two cannot consistently stand together.”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis
Each State has the right to reclassify any drug, as evident by Oregon’s actions and the relevant language in the accompanying 21 U.S.C. 903 reads: Application of State law
Why should America IMPORT Industrial-grade Hemp from Canada, China and Europe?
Our farmers could be growing this commodity and our manufacturing base could be innovative in finding new and improved ways of using this most industrious plant.
If the President will not direct the DEA to remove Hemp from the Schedule One designation, I say the people should petition their respective State Governments to force this change, as has Oregon.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978700818
