Federal District Court Judge To Hear Testimony Questioning Marijuana’s Schedule I Status

by Gary Kopycinski on October 24, 2014

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Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014. Testimony regarding the constitutionality of the federal statute designating marijuana as a Schedule I Controlled Substance will be taken on Monday, October 27 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in the case of United States v. Pickard, et. al., No.2:11-CR-0449-KJM.

Members of Congress initially categorized cannabis as a Schedule I substance, the most restrictive classification available, in 1970. Under this categorization, the plant is…