All posts tagged "Drug Enforcement Administration"

President Barack Obama said he'll leave it up to Congress to remove marijuana as a Schedule I narcotic.

In an email to supporters sent Friday, the Drug Policy Alliance questioned why the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was considered essential during the government shutdown.

Matthew Feeney, assistant editor for Reason 24/7, on Monday explained why the Drug Enforcement Administration's surveillance program violated the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The Drug Enforcement Administration swooped in on several medical marijuana storefronts in Washington on Wednesday, despite the state's law allowing marijuana possession.

Citing concern over increasing reports of addiction and overdoses, a Food and Drug Administration safety panel has recommended new restrictions on access to the commonly-used painkiller Vicodin and other products.

[rebelmouse-image 24900276 alt="Elvy Musikka. Photo by Larry Utley." original_size="150x192" expand=1]LOS ANGELES -- In 1988, Elvy Musikka (pictured, left) became the first woman in the United States to be legally permitted by the federal government to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes, due to a case of Glaucoma that threatened to render her blind.