Signatures with legit email addresses needed. Go to MoveOn Petitions - Remove Marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act & End Cannabis Prohibition or petitions.moveon.org and enter "Deschedule 2016" in the search bar, midway down the page. It's worth a shot, right?
PETITION STATEMENT
Issue an Executive Order directing the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to cease enforcing codes under the Controlled Substances Act relating to marijuana and its cannabinoids.
Pass legislation to:
- Amend the Controlled Substances Act to remove marijuana and its cannabinoids from the schedule of controlled substances;
- Remove restrictions for import and export of marijuana, including viable seed;
- Transfer authority for cannabis regulation and licensing to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), designating it as an agricultural crop;
- Amend Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 to remove the "for research purposes only" provision to permit for legal personal and commercial hemp cultivation nationwide.
Join Canada, Mexico and other countries to call for the end of global marijuana prohibition during the United Nation's General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem, April 19-21, 2016 in New York.
There are currently 13,350 signatures. NEW goal - We need 15,000 signatures!
PETITION BACKGROUND Marijuana and its cannabinoids are listed as Schedule 1 under the outdated Controlled Substances Act of 1970, defining it as having a high probability for addiction and having no medical value. The Department of Health & Human Services was awarded US Patent #6630507 in 2003, stating that cannabinoids are antioxidants and neuroprotectants capable of treating cancers and neurological illnesses. Although Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 allowed for hemp– defined as Cannabis Sativa L. with <0.3 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)–to be grown for research only, the permits the DEA issues for the research plots still regulate hemp as "marijuana" under federal law, further adding to the confusion. To grow this plant as a resource is a human right. If alcohol & tobacco aren't on the list of controlled substances, then cannabis as "marijuana" shouldn't be either. The Drug War has failed and the United Nations drug treaties establishing global prohibition were passed prior to the scientific discovery of the Endocannabinoid System in the 1990s. It is time.
PETITION STATEMENT
Issue an Executive Order directing the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to cease enforcing codes under the Controlled Substances Act relating to marijuana and its cannabinoids.
Pass legislation to:
- Amend the Controlled Substances Act to remove marijuana and its cannabinoids from the schedule of controlled substances;
- Remove restrictions for import and export of marijuana, including viable seed;
- Transfer authority for cannabis regulation and licensing to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), designating it as an agricultural crop;
- Amend Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 to remove the "for research purposes only" provision to permit for legal personal and commercial hemp cultivation nationwide.
Join Canada, Mexico and other countries to call for the end of global marijuana prohibition during the United Nation's General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem, April 19-21, 2016 in New York.
There are currently 13,350 signatures. NEW goal - We need 15,000 signatures!
PETITION BACKGROUND Marijuana and its cannabinoids are listed as Schedule 1 under the outdated Controlled Substances Act of 1970, defining it as having a high probability for addiction and having no medical value. The Department of Health & Human Services was awarded US Patent #6630507 in 2003, stating that cannabinoids are antioxidants and neuroprotectants capable of treating cancers and neurological illnesses. Although Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 allowed for hemp– defined as Cannabis Sativa L. with <0.3 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)–to be grown for research only, the permits the DEA issues for the research plots still regulate hemp as "marijuana" under federal law, further adding to the confusion. To grow this plant as a resource is a human right. If alcohol & tobacco aren't on the list of controlled substances, then cannabis as "marijuana" shouldn't be either. The Drug War has failed and the United Nations drug treaties establishing global prohibition were passed prior to the scientific discovery of the Endocannabinoid System in the 1990s. It is time.
