More than 10 years after it was initially filed, the latest petition to remove marijuana from Schedule I
of the Controlled Substances Act is finally giving the herb its day in
court. The current classification lumps cannabis in with drugs such as
heroin, LSD and mescaline.
The District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments
this week in the case of Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement
Administration, providing an opening for medical marijuana reform
advocates to challenge the conventional law enforcement contention that
marijuana has a
