THENATIONALPULSE (Jackie Subeck) - SUBECK: HHS Should Throw Its 7-OH Scheduling Plan in the Trash.
The Trump administration should throw its plan to temporarily schedule 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) into the trash.Not revise the threshold. Not negotiate over whether the government should allow one milligram, five milligrams or some other politically acceptable number. The entire premise is backwards. The federal government is preparing to use extraordinary emergency powers to place widely used […]
The Trump administration should throw its plan to temporarily schedule 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) into the trash. Not revise the threshold. Not negotiate over whether the government should allow one milligram, five milligrams or some other politically acceptable number. The entire premise is backwards. The federal government is preparing to use extraordinary emergency powers to place widely used products into Schedule I before establishing the science necessary to justify doing so. Under the Controlled Substances Act, temporary scheduling is reserved for circumstances in which action is “necessary to avoid an imminent hazard to public safety.” Yet HHS has just reopened the public comment period for another 15 days, acknowledging it…Open