Nearly nine years after filing a petition to reschedule marijuana for medical use, a coalition of advocates has filed suit in federal court to require the government to answer their petition within 60 days.
The rescheduling petition, filed to the DEA on October 9, 2002 by a coalition of groups including NORML and Cal NORML (Coalition to Reschedule Cannabis), argues that marijuana has “accepted medical use” and should therefore be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The petition was filed following the passage of Prop. 215 and half a dozen other state medical marijuana laws. Marijuana’s schedule one status – meaning no federally accepted medical use – has been a fundamental reason for the ongoing conflict between state and federal marijuana laws. Today’s lawsuit, filed in the DC District Court of Appeals, argues that the government has unreasonably delayed in responding to the petition.
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