The U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration will make marijuana a “Schedule Two” drug on August 1, 2016, essentially making it legal in all 50 states with a prescription, said a DEA lawyer with knowledge of the matter.

When questioned by our reporter, the DEA lawyer was forced to admit the truth to our reporter, because he had told the lawyer for a DEA informant of the DEA’s intentions: Pot will become legal nationwide on August 1.

“Whatever the law may be in California, Arizona or Utah or any other State, because of Federal preemption this will have the effect of making THC products, legal with the prescription in all 50 states,” he told the Observer. Federal Preemption is a doctrine that where the US Government has rules on a matter, State and local laws are overridden and of no effect.

He explained that “there are five DEA schedules. Nothing on Schedule One is ever legal, and that is where Cannabis is today. Schedule Two drugs are available with a prescription.”

On Schedule Two, marijuana will join drugs like Percocet, Xanax, Oxycontin, Abilify and other drugs that are legal, even common, with a prescription. There also other drugs that are not on any schedules but that are illegal on a federal level, he said. Drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen are available over-the-counter.

“In my opinion, CVS pharmacy, Rite-Aid and Walgreens will sell schedule 2 THC products, what we call edibles today, but will not sell smokable weed because of the health risk smoking anything entails,” said the DEA lawyer

He opined that the 135 clinic owners in Los Angeles will no doubt oppose this move by the Federal government, because it will mean there is no reason for people to visit medical marijuana clinics.

The DEA Attorney who spoke to us, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to the press about the matter, speculated that this action will be taken in the closing days of US Presidential election, so as to motivate the Democratic base to turn out and vote for Hillary Clinton, and other down ballot candidates. She will certainly not reverse this policy decision in the waning days of the Obama administration, he said, and Donald Trump might.

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is in favor of legalizing marijuana and in fact owns a business where he sells pot in New Mexico.

Medical cannabis, or medical marijuana, can refer to the use of cannabis and its cannabinoids to treat disease or improve symptoms; However, there is no single agreed upon definition, says Wikipedia. The use of cannabis as a medicine has not been rigorously scientifically tested, often due to production restrictions and other governmental regulations. There is limited evidence suggesting cannabis can be used to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS, and to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms. Its use for other medical applications, however, is insufficient for conclusions about safety or efficacy.

In California, there are “weed doctors” who will write a prescription for cannabis to anyone claiming to suffer from anxiety, which means they passout prescriptions for pot like chocolate bars at a Halloween party. As with so many other trends that started in California, expect to see medicinal marijuana sold in your town soon!

Medical cannabis can be administered using a variety of methods, including liquid tinctures, vaporizing or smoking dried buds, eating cannabis edibles, taking capsules, using lozenges, dermal patches or oral/dermal sprays. Synthetic cannabinoids are available as prescription drugs in some countries; examples include: dronabinol and nabilone.

Recreational use of cannabis is illegal in most parts of the world, but the medical use of cannabis is legal in certain countries, including Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands (where it is also legal recreationally), Portugal and Spain. Australia is currently in the process of passing a law which would allow the use of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes.

In the United States, federal law outlaws all cannabis use, while 25 states and the District of Columbia no longer prosecute individuals for the possession or sale of medical marijuana, as long as the individuals are in compliance with the state’s medical marijuana sale regulations. However, an appeals court ruled in January 2014 that a 2007 Ninth Circuit ruling remains binding in relation to the ongoing illegality, in federal legislative terms, of Californian cannabis dispensaries, reaffirming the impact of the federal Controlled Substances Act.