{"id":7134,"date":"2017-01-11T21:39:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T21:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=5687"},"modified":"2017-01-11T21:39:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T21:39:33","slug":"uk-reclassifies-cbd-oil-as-medicine-dea-deems-it-on-par-with-heroin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/uk-reclassifies-cbd-oil-as-medicine-dea-deems-it-on-par-with-heroin\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Reclassifies CBD Oil As Medicine, DEA Deems It On Par With Heroin"},"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\/uk-reclassifies-cbd-oil-as-medicine-dea-deems-it-on-par-with-heroin\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>After the DEA moved to further constrain, Americans\u2019 access to medically miraculous CBD oil by classifying it alongside heroin and cocaine, Britain chose compassion and common sense \u2014 and just classified Cannabidiol (CBD) as a medicine.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Britain\u2019s Medicines &amp; Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) decided CBD \u2014 which can treat illnesses and conditions from severe childhood epilepsy to autism to cancer \u2014 warranted the classification as a medicine based on credible evidence of its efficacy.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, unlike in the U.S. \u2014 where the substance is now considered devoid of medical benefit by the DEA \u2014 CBD meeting quality and regulatory standards may be legally obtained by any British citizens who need it.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWe have come to the opinion that products containing cannabidiol (CBD) used for medical purposes are a medicine,\u201d an MHRA spokesperson said in a statement on the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur primary concern is patient safety and we wish to reiterate that individuals using cannabidiol (CBD) products to treat or manage the symptoms of medical conditions should discuss their treatment with their doctor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMHRA will now work with individual companies and trade bodies in relation to making sure products containing CBD, used for a medical purpose, which can be classified as medicines, satisfy the legal requirements of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This rational approach stands in sharp and tragic contrast to draconian drug laws in the U.S., where, as of January 13, CBD oil \u2014 which does not contain the psychoactive chemical THC, which gives people a high \u2014 and all cannabinoids will be considered dangerous substances.<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare and cannabis rights advocates have excoriated the DEA\u2019s brash and baseless move, noting lives will now be in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole policy around this plant is just so illogical,\u201d Robert J. Capecchi, Director of Federal Policies at the Marijuana Policy Project, told Vice. \u201cEven when you look at the criteria you\u2019re supposed to be looking at under the law, they\u2019re just not following it. It\u2019s just a stupid policy for lack of a better term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>THC-containing cannabis \u2014 also medically beneficial for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, among many other conditions \u2014 still remains as a Schedule I substance in the U.S., and is not considered medicine in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>But the latter has taken steps in the right direction with the new classification for CBD \u2014 a complete reversal of cease and desist orders sent by MHRA to vendors only months ago, ordering it to be \u201cremoved from sale in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe change really came about with us offering an opinion that CBD is in fact a medicine,\u201d Gerald Heddel, director of inspection and enforcement at the agency, explained to Sky News, \u201cand that opinion was based on the fact that we noted that people were making some quite stark claims about serious diseases that could be treated with CBD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Decades of government propaganda about the putative dangers of \u2018marijuana\u2019 \u2014 amplified exponentially by President Nixon\u2019s administration\u2019s agenda to, in essence, criminalize black people and the anti-war left \u2014 still linger in the stigmatization of all the cannabis plant\u2019s myriad derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the DEA\u2019s war on cannabis and its users, onerous prohibition has been voted out in an increasing number of states \u2014 forcing those who need it to uproot their lives and move, in order not to face arrest over their medicine. Medical research into cannabis and cannabinoids continues to evince the miraculous assets the plant offers. In just one example,<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cIn early December, researchers from the University of Alabama found that CBD oil reduces both the frequency and severity of seizures in children and adults with with severe, intractable epilepsy. In two-thirds of the 81 participants, the severity was reduced by at least 50 percent.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In classifying CBD as medicine, MHRA recognizes such benefits \u2014 and the improved health of British citizens \u2014 eclipse the value in blindly continuing dangerous and inaccurate propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the highly profitable war on drugs and influence of pharmaceutical corporations have the DEA feigning ignorance about cannabis and CBD \u2014 at the expense of people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/uk-reclassifies-cbd-oil-as-medicine-dea-deems-it-on-par-with-heroin.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Katelyn Baker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/uk-reclassifies-cbd-oil-as-medicine-dea-deems-it-in-class-with-heroin\/223867\/\" target=\"_blank\">UK Reclassifies CBD Oil As Medicine, DEA Deems It On Par With Heroin<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Claire Bernish<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:webcontact@mintpressnews.com\">webcontact@mintpressnews.com<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: Evan Abell<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mint Press News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the DEA moved to further constrain, Americans\u2019 access to medically miraculous CBD oil by classifying it alongside heroin and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2017\/01\/uk-reclassifies-cbd-oil-medicine-dea-deems-par-heroin\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1616,9,1,3],"tags":[4184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}