Legal Opinion
Lester Grinspoon, M.D. v. Drug Enforcement Administration
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 18, 1987No. 86-2007PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
On November 13, 1986, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) issued a final rule placing the substance 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphe-tamine (“MDMA”) into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”), 21 U.S.C. §§ 811, 812 (1987). 1 51 Fed.Reg. 36,552 (1986). In reaching this decision, the Administrator found that MDMA met all three of the statutory requirements for classification as a Schedule I substance, namely,
(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical…
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