The DEA Chief Just Called Medical Marijuana a "Joke"
The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration called the idea of medical marijuana a "joke" on Wednesday and said that smoking marijuana for medicinal use has never been proven to be safe or effective.
Chuck Rosenberg, who was appointed to lead the agency in May, made the comments at a press briefing, according to CBS News.
He was swiftly criticized by advocates who argue that millions of patients use marijuana to help ease the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, chemotherapy, and seizures, among other afflictions, and that the reason there isn't more research showing it's effectiveness is because of the DEA's tight control over what the agency classifies as a Schedule 1 substance.
Scientists interested in doing medical marijuana research have to get approval from the DEA to use the drug and then obtain only approved samples of the drug for research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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