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Suspicions that DEA rigged rescheduling process fueled by court documents

Longstanding suspicions that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is adamantly opposed to marijuana rescheduling – and weighted a public process to ensure it could reject moving the drug from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 under federal law – are confirmed by agency decisions made public during an ongoing lawsuit.

At least, that’s the allegation made in a Feb. 17 federal court filing by a group of doctors who were shut out of the rescheduling process.

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According to DEA documents made public in as part of a lawsuit brought by Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (DDPR), an organization of pro-cannabis research medical professionals, the federal drug agency:

Considered a total of 163 applicants. Selected only 25 based on still-unknown criteria. Rejected participation requests outright from

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