Dallas / Ft. Worth NORML

I am wondering how those members of congress who are afraid to act on marijuana reform would feel upon learning that the United States Government itself, applied for and was awarded a patent (all the way back in 2003) on the medicinal uses of cannabis in the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of diseases including stroke, trauma, auto-immune disorders, HIV dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. This patent (#6,6,30,507) awarded, not by, but TO the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, is on public record, easy for all to see. I would ask my congress member (given this information) where is the justification for continuing to maintain cannabis as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substance Act, which defines Schedule I as having no current medical use.

This citizen moves that this country find that the Federal classification scheme placing marijuana in Schedule 1 (having no medicinal value) is invalid, and that the prohibition is unconstitutional as a denial of substantive due process.