The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis is a U.S. organization founded c. 2002 to support removal of

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from Schedule I of the

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. The group was organized immediately after the U.S. Court of Appeals denied the ''

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Jon Gettman Jon B. Gettman (born August 20, 1957) is a marijuana rights activist, a leader of the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, and a former head of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. He has a PhD in public policy and regiona ...

petition to reschedule cannabis, ruling that the petitioners were not sufficiently injured to have standing to challenge the

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's interpretation of the scientific record in federal court. On October 8, 2002, the Coalition filed a new petition to have cannabis rescheduled under federal law. The Coalition has recently filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus. Carl Olsen of Iowans for Medical Marijuana, a former Coalition member, has filed a motion to intervene. The organizations comprising the Coalition are: * American Alliance for Medical Cannabis *

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*California NORML *Drug Policy Forum of Texas *

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'' * Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center *

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* Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative * Patients Out of Time

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DrugScience.orgThe Cannabis Column - #1 The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, High Times
5 September 2002

Doctors Call On DEA To Reschedule Marijuana For Medical Research Purposes
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