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University of Massachusetts Amherst Prof Gets Boost in Bid to Grow Marijuana
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WASHINGTON -- Concluding that there is an inadequate supply of marijuana for medical research, an administrative law judge has recommended to the Drug Enforcement Administration that it grant a Massachusetts professor's application to grow the drug in bulk.
By KEVIN FREKING The Associated Press Monday, February 12, 2007; 8:30 PM
Description: The opinion and recommended ruling of DEA Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner in support of Professor Lyle Craker’s application to the DEA to grow marijuana. Judge Bittner concluded that it is in the public’s interest for Craker to be permitted to grow marijuana for use in research into the plant’s medical benefits.
United States Dept Of Justice VS. Lyle Craker’s PDF Ruling File
The judge's ruling is nonbinding. But officials at the American Civil Liberties Union hope that the recommendation to grant the application of Professor Lyle Craker will eventually lead to more research into the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
In June 2001, Craker submitted an application as a marijuana manufacturer to the DEA. However, the federal government limits the growing of marijuana available for clinical research to one source, the University of Mississippi.
Federal officials said that Craker's university, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is free to compete for the next contract to produce research-grade marijuana for the United States. But there was no basis to add another producer.
The company that wants to fund Craker's facility for growing marijuana countered that researchers are not getting the quantity or the quality of marijuana needed to conduct research that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The DEA contacted researchers and determined otherwise, so hearings were held in August and December of 2006 as Craker pursued the case. He got help from the ACLU along the way.
The administrative law judge, Mary Ellen Bittner, concluded Monday that granting Craker's application would be in the public interest. Among the reasons she cited were inadequate competition and an inadequate supply of marijuana for research purposes.
Steve Robertson, a spokesman for DEA, said Monday night the agency is reviewing Bittner's decision and would have no immediate comment. The DEA administrator, Karen Tandy, retains final authority to decide on the application.
"I hope that Administrator Tandy abides by the decision and grants me the opportunity to do my job unimpeded by drug war politics," Craker said in a statement distributed by the ACLU.
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DEA Administrative Law Judge Bittner's ruling that the DEA should license the UMass MMJ garden is a great boost for MMJ research. The major problem with it is that DEA doesn't have to comply. It has 20 days to file a reply, then our side gets to respond, and then the agency has time to mull it. The last time the DEA didn't like an administrative judge's decision on medical marijuana (Francis Young's ruling), they simply overrode it. Still, this decision should give us great leverage with the new Congress.
In the meantime, California NORML & MAPS are planning to resubmit our application through Chemic Labs for marijuana to do vaporizer research. We originally submitted this proposal back in Feb 2004, but were refused access to research marijuana from both NIDA & DEA after an 18-month regulatory delay. - D. Gieringer, Cal NORML
We are all thrilled and looking forward to the work ahead of us to lobby Congress and DEA’s Deputy Administrator, Michele Leonhart, who will make the final decision (http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/08/05/deaBadGirlMicheleLeonhart.html)
We Are Still Chipping Away At That "Stone Wall Of Medical Marijuana Probation" & Slowly But Surely This Is Going To Be Another Chuck. Of The Dam US Drug War Wall Is "Falling Down"
Sincerely
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