{"id":6548,"date":"2016-08-19T12:12:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2016-08-19T12:12:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:12:31","slug":"the-deas-decision-not-to-reclassify-marijuana-means-almost-nothing-huffington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/the-deas-decision-not-to-reclassify-marijuana-means-almost-nothing-huffington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"The DEA&#8217;s Decision Not to Reclassify Marijuana Means Almost Nothing &#8211; Huffington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/the-deas-decision-not-to-reclassify-marijuana-means-almost-nothing-huffington-post\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNGIotv_n7UoCcuVcA3uKe5YVJjL5A&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52779183212268&amp;ei=h_K2V7qWKoXI3QHU8adg&amp;url=http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/rob-kampia\/the-deas-decision-not-to-_b_11573762.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/t1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRHwGs6SCNnyWJzPurljEYyQXlufUqMDYDGNnBYub-jDZVBBcPFFsR1_KtHlHkn0tH7yGs2tNSx\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><br \/><font size=\"-2\">Huffington Post<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNGIotv_n7UoCcuVcA3uKe5YVJjL5A&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52779183212268&amp;ei=h_K2V7qWKoXI3QHU8adg&amp;url=http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/rob-kampia\/the-deas-decision-not-to-_b_11573762.html\"><b>The DEA&#39;s Decision Not to Reclassify <b>Marijuana<\/b> Means Almost Nothing<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Huffington Post<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">Back in 1970, Congress and President Nixon placed <b>marijuana<\/b> in Schedule I, along with LSD and heroin, defining these drugs as having no therapeutic value and a high potential for abuse. 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