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GRINSPOON v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN.

No. 86-2007.

828 F.2d 881 (1987)

Lester GRINSPOON, M.D., Petitioner, v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cotton, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Harry S. Harbin, Washington, D.C., with whom William F. Weld, Asst. Atty. Gen., Criminal Div., Boston, Mass., Charles S. Sapho, Chief, Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, Dennis F. Hoffman, Chief Counsel, Drug Enforcement Admin., Stephen E. Stone, Associate Chief Counsel, Drug Enforcement Admin., Washington, D.C., and Charlotte A. Johnson, were on brief, for respondent.

Before COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

On November 13, 1986, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") issued a final rule placing the substance 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("MDMA") into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act ("CSA"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 811, 812 (1987).1 51 Fed.Reg. 36,552 (1986). In reaching this decision, the Administrator found that MDMA met all three of the statutory requirements for classification...

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