Title 5 USC

THE PROGRESSIVE VOICE OF REFORM

UNITED STATES CODE-TITLE 5-POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The United States Code, the master rule book of rules, contains in Title 5 a mechanism granting any interested party the legal right to petition any agency of Government for change. Such petitions give rise to what is called a "Title 5 Hearing" before an Administrative Law Judge who governs the operations of the agency or department in question. Title 5 Hearings can also be called before a Committee of either house of Congress. It is our legal right as citizens, as protected by the Constitution, to petition the Government for change.

Contained in USC Title 21, Chapter 9, Subchapter 2, Section 321 is the legal definition of what constitutes a "Drug". Paragraph P states the following - The term "new drug" means - any drug, the composition of which is that such drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs and effective for use under conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling thereof, except that such a drug shall not be deemed to be a "new drug" if at any time prior to June 25, 1938, it was subject to the Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906, as amended, and if at such time its labeling contained the same representations concerning the conditions of its use.

By the late 20's, early 30's, both MERCK and Parke Davis, two of the oldest pharmaceutical houses in the country, held between the two of them some 40 patented medicines. All of which contained either whole Cannabis or an extract thereof. The standard prescription called for "Tincture of Cannabis". This was a solution based on Cannabis buds, desolved in Ethyl Alcohol until the level of THC reached 3%. This was the official national standard, as published in The National Formulary and remained in the United States Pharmacopoeia until the 11th edition, published in 1930. The United States Pharmacopoeia Commission meets every 10 years. The next meeting is scheduled for the year 2000. In the United States, as commissioned by Congress, unless a drug is listed in the US Pharmacopoeia and The National Formulary, it may not be used and is not legal to use.

TITLE 5 IS YOUR RIGHT BY CITIZENSHIP-USE IT WISELY-BUT USE IT!!!!!!!