
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, March 19, 1992                   TAG: 9203190105
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

DEA REJECTS MEDICAL USE FOR MARIJUANA

The Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday rejected anew a bid to allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes, saying advocates of the drug's therapeutic properties are perpetuating a "cruel hoax."

"By any modern scientific standard, marijuana is no medicine," DEA Administrator Robert Bonner said in his 46-page decision that keeps marijuana classified as a Schedule I drug, subject to the most severe restrictions and available only for research.

- Associated Press

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