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Explain why cannabis is Schedule I, when the government distributes it to certain people for medical reasons.

Created by J.H. on March 12, 2013

Irvin Rosenfeld, Barbara Douglass, George McMahon, and Elvy Musikka receive marijuana joints from the federal government for medical reasons.

But by definition, a Schedule I substance "has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States."

Explain this discrepancy and how you can continue to support both the Compassionate Investigational New Drug program and the current scheduling of cannabis.

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