The Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics is an organization supporting medical marijuana that was founded in 1981 by Robert Randall and Alice O'Leary. The group participated in the 1986 hearings on cannabis rescheduling in the United States. However, because the organization was represented by a blind pro bono attorney, its legalization efforts there were largely overshadowed by those of the Cannabis Corporation of America. Cannabis sativa extract. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Schedules of Controlled Substances Schedule I The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. ... Pro bono, is a Latin phrase meaning for the good, it is sometimes stated as pro bono publico, for the good of the public. ... The Cannabis Corporation of America was the first legal cannabis company in the world. ...
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Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics (http://www.marijuana-as-medicine.org/alliance.htm).
The Alliance for CannabisTherapeutics, the Drug Policy Foundation, and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana [*1133] Laws petition for review of a final order of the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration declining to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.
In ACT, the Alliance for CannabisTherapeutics (“Alliance”) and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (“NORML”) argued that the Administrator’s refusal to reschedule marijuana rested on an unreasonable interpretation of the statutory phase, “currently accepted medical use,” [*1134] 930 F.2d at 939; see 21 U.S.C. (b)(l)(B), (2)(B).
We held, in ACT, that the Administrator’s interpretation of the CSA was reasonable.
Cannabis was first recommended as a medicine 5,000 years ago in the reign of the Chinese emperor Chen Nung, for malaria, constipation and absentmindedness.
Cannabis is known as a "dirty" drug, because it contains at least 30 active ingredients (cannabinoids).
There probably is some use for cannabis in patients whose symtoms are not controlled by existing drugs, particularly when those drugs have unpleasant side-effects.
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