Following, after a brief introduction, are two comments on the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last week in the proceeding captioned Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration. In its decision the DC Circuit denied a petition by a coalition of drug law reform activists seeking to overturn the DEA’s July 2011… Read More The meaning of the DEA’s recent victory in ASA v DEA

A story titled “Marijuana Prescribed to Kids with ADHD,” posted on AOL on November 24, 2009 [brought to my attention just recently by Eileen via Facebook], starts with the report that doctors in California are recommending cannabis for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It then progresses to its conclusion without identifying any specific doctor who has so recommended… Read More Toxin and therapy in the mind of the bureaucracy

A recent article in the Boston Globe, “Mass. towns, regulators brace for medical marijuana” sets forth neatly the issues of the hour as cannabis continues its spread east and invades the major Northeastern state of Massachusetts – with a major metropolitan area, Boston, almost on the outskirts of the national (civilizational?) capital, New York City. As… Read More Cannabis invades Massachusetts