In this episode of The Cole Memo, I reconnect with Jordan Davidson, the Government Affairs Manager for Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). SAM advocates for a “third-way” approach to cannabis policy; they oppose full legalization and commercialization. Jordan and Cole discuss legalization, a recent podcast from the New York Times, the shift from a five-part to a two-part federal test for medical efficacy, and the ongoing cultural/regulatory debates. The discussion also touches on potential future shifts in cannabis and drug policy.
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Links mentioned during show
- You can watch my episodes with Jordan at ColeMemo.com/Jordan or by clicking here
- https://learnaboutsam.org/
- DEA Acknowledges New Two-Step Test For Marijuana’s Accepted Medical Use Is Legitimate
- This is the graphic that Jordan tried to show (see page 2)
- https://casetext.com/case/alliance-for-cannabis-therapeutics-v-dea
- Text from Jordan on above link: “The Final Order discards the earlier formulation and applies a new five-part test for determining whether a drug is in “currently accepted medical use”: (1) The drug’s chemistry must be known and reproducible; (2) there must be adequate safety studies; (3) there must be adequate and well-controlled studies proving efficacy; (4) the drug must be accepted by qualified experts; and (5) the scientific evidence must be widely available. 57 Fed.Reg. at 10,506. None of these criteria is impossible for a Schedule I drug to meet; in fact, petitioners concede in their briefs that the new standard has corrected the flaws we identified in ACT.”
- Post from Do the Right Thing on X
- BASIS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TO RESCHEDULE MARIJUANA INTO SCHEDULE III OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
- Debate on Amendment 3
- New York Times podcast on cannabis that we referenced can be found here
- Episode 97 – Illinois’ Cannabis Per-Se Limit: An Impossible Standard as Interpreted?
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