Amicus brief filed to 9th Circuit on behalf of NORML arguing the 50-year delay in medicinal cannabis legalization should be a lesson re psilocybin

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Joshua S. Bauchner

Writes on Linked In

Big day in the 9th Circuit as we fight off government intrusion in the doctor-patient relationship! We filed an amicus brief on behalf of NORML arguing the 50-year delay in medicinal cannabis legalization should be a lesson — let’s not let history repeat itself.

He posted the following document

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Kimberly Chew of Husch Blackwell also posted to Linked In and wrote

Honored and inspired to have witnessed Shane Pennington‘s powerful oral argument at the Ninth Circuit hearing on Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute PLLC et al. v. United States Drug Enforcement Agency this Monday. Kathryn Tucker, JD, Matthew Zorn and the entire team delivered a compelling and thought-provoking set of arguments that deeply engaged the court on these cutting-edge legal issues. It was a privilege to support patient rights and access to potentially life-changing treatments.

In this crucial case, Sunil Aggarwal (Petitioner) sought a ruling on the DEA’s refusal to grant him, a palliative care physician, access to psilocybin for patients facing end-of-life anxiety and depression under the federal Right to Try Act.

I am deeply grateful to have been a part of this legal journey, on behalf of physician amici, in an earlier case brought by the same legal team seeking the DEA to give a reason as to why it refused to reschedule psilocybin pursuant to a citizen’s petition.