Schedules of Controlled Substances:
Placement of 5-Methoxy-N,NDimethyltryptamine
Into Schedule I of
the Controlled Substances Act
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Objection to Scheduling 5-MeO-DMT addressing barrier to scientific research and other matters. Assuming something is bad without actually researching the subject has proven itself throughout history to later be a mistake. A classic example was the Vaticans fight against Galileo Galilei. They feared him bringing new knowledge to the people that the church could not itself provide. If we were to move this chemical to a schedule 1 substance, we would be agreeing that knowledge is unimportant. This is because the chemical would no longer be allowed to be researched. Further research could prove this chemical important to the US in future situations. If we were to ban it however, we could potentially miss out on a scientific opportunity.I hope you will not allow the US to be held back in its pursuit of knowledge. Stephen Tanner Six hospitalizations and one reported death over the span of a decade?  This is a serious threat to public safety?The reported death was an instance of poly-drug ingestion including MAOIs.  MAOIs in high concentrations are dangerous and can make taking relatively safe drugs such as Benadryl potentially deadly.  How is the DEA able to determine that the death was from 5-MeO-DMT and not the other drugs in the users concoction?The DEA also claims that 5-MeO-DMT is being sold as or as an adulterant to ecstasy/MDMA.  While I have no reason to dispute the authenticity of the drug seizure, it is a fact that 5-MeO-DMT is not orally active.  Putting 5-MeO-DMT into a pressed pill for human ingestion is pointless.  It is not clear why this seizure was referenced, but it should be made clear that 5-MeO-DMT is not active orally and is not at all related to ecstasy except in this bizarre seizure.In the reports the DEA has provided, 5-MeO-DMT is repeatedly likened to LSD and mescaline despite sharing few similarities.  5-MeO-DMT has a brief duration of effect in humans, and most recreational-minded users would find it entirely unpleasant.  It has been hypothesized that 5-MeO-DMT could be used in the treatment of alcoholism and depression. The current comment period does not allow sufficient time to develop a meaningful or thoughtful response to the notice. Regulation of Tobacco Products FDA-2009-N-0294 had a 90 day comment period which was extended by 90 days  to allow sufficient time to develop meaningful, thoughtful responses. Please extend the comment period  for DEA-2009-0013-0001 to 180 days.A 30 day period is so short it seems futile to comment. Docket # DEA-3315-MeO-DMT should not be placed in Schedule I and the period for public comment should be extended by 24 months so people can do the kind of research FDA should have done. We want scientists, not sockpuppets.Soma is being recommended for schedule IV and much more evidence of harm has been shown for that than 5-MeO-DMT. Schedule V would allow age restrictions and purity regulation. It would also allow research into psychiatric and other use. Doctors could prescriibe it for terminally ill patients if it would help people prepare for the transitition from this life to whatever follows. Appendix to Comment Tracking Number: 80a5e5ed Appendix C Entheogens  Sacramentals or Sacrilege? by Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D. Used by permission. Submitted as a separate file/comment but incorporated by reference. I couldnt find a way to paste this in with no change resulting. Renamed Docket No. DEA331 --- Apendix C to Gerrard Winstanley Comment draft 009--- Entheogens-Sacramentals-or-Sacrilege-draft-11e by Thomas B. Roberts.doc to reference Docket No. DEA331 without making any change in the file. Including the full file with no changes in it was a condition of the permission (see below). ---- Original Message ----From: Thomas Roberts troberts@niu.eduTo: REDACTED EMAIL ADDRESS Cc:  REDACTED EMAIL ADDRESS Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:16 PMSubject: Re: Copyright permission request Dear Mr. Winstanley,  You have my permission to use this file as you propose provided you include the full file and make no changes in it.   Thomas B. Roberts   Tom Roberts  =============== We are all prisoners of our minds. This realization is the first step on the journey to freedom.   --- Ram Dass Gerrard Winstanley  REDACTED EMAIL ADDRESS  11/16/09 1:51 AM   Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Dept. of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL. 60115  I request permission to include Entheogens -- Sacramentals or Sacrilege?: Design for a course syllabus found at http://www.cedu.niu.edu/lepf/edpsych/faculty/roberts/Entheogens-Sacramentals-or-Sacrilege-draft-11e.doc as an appendix to a public comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,  Docket No. DEA-331.The deadline for comments is 11/27/2009. The comment  I would prefer to append this to should be ready for submission within a  few days although I can use this in a seperate comment as long as I get  permission to use it in ti Docket No. DEA-3315-MeO-DMT should not be scheduled. If the CSA doesnt allow wine to be prohibited but allows sacraments of nonmainstream religions to be prohibited it violates the First Amendment and is unconstitutional. If its unconstitutional its not a valid law so nothing should or can be scheduled under the CSA. Thats easy to understand.I also request a 24 month extension of the period for public comment. We are opposed to the rule based on the data and reports provided. The rulemaking would be improved by adding more scientific data on the effects of the drug.  Instead of relying on blogs and websites that do not have proper accreditation, perhaps the DEA should wait for human statistics before rulemaking, given the very limited use of this drug.  The DHHS report relied heavily in their recommendation on the drugs lack of a  currently accepted medical use, but that is not one of the 8 factors that the DEA and DHHS use for determining drug scheduling. Further, the DHHS did not mention this until the very end of the recommendation report, yet it was a pivotal point in their final recommendation. There should be consistency in the standards used by collaborating agencies.  In addition, since they have not done testing on humans yet, what is their basis for asserting there is no accepted medical use? Until these issues are addressed we would not support any rulemaking on this drug. The controlled substance 5-MeO-DMT or 5-Methoxy-N,N-Dimethyltryptamine is a very serious psychedelic and powerful psychedelic. The Drug Enforcement Agency is right in proposing that this should be moved up on the Controlled Substance List into the Schedule 1 which is the most serious of categories in this act and warrants the most intense of punishments if found using, possessing, or selling these substances. This drug is similar to DMT another hallucinogen and is considered extremely dangerous. The government should place this higher up on the list along with other psychedelics due to its severity and dangerous reactions that users experience. As they explain that the government has repeatedly seized various amounts of this substance and has done numerous studies proving that there is no therapeutic or medicinal purpose of this drug. This drug is commonly used for recreational use primarily by young adults and teenagers. The only use outside of recreational use is for shamanistic purposes in South American countries where they are used as an entheogen which is a substance which has psychoactive effects. The use of this substance in the United States is however not for religious purposes and can be controlled by the government. I believe that they are doing the right thing by attempting to make it a Schedule 1 drug because there is no good that can come from it and people have had many negative side effects from the use of it. Your judgment is impaired and your senses are distorted which is similar to LSD (Lysergic Acid) or Psilocybin Mushrooms which are also schedule 1 substances on the list. If the effects are similar to one another and the uses are too recreational and have no proven medicinal or therapeutic purposes than it definitely should be considered a highly illegal drug and not allowed to be bought offline from chemical supply companies.  Few states so far have already declared this derivative of frog venom and tree bark as a Schedule 1 offense but the DEA has not yet made it mandatory for all states to place this drug that high up on the list. It is in the best interest of the government to make the use, possession, or distribution of 5-MeO-DMT illegal so that it is not out on the streets being used by people for the wrong purposes because there is not one scientific study that proves the use of this drug is beneficial in any way. Docket No. DEA-331As a practical matter5-MeO-DMT should not be placed in Schedule I. Ive looked at abstracts of some of the research its being used in and some of it seems important (and even suggests FDAs claims are outdated, not just dumbed down and biased). At least suspend this farce until a proper review of research can be made and dont tell FDA which schedule to recommend or pick another schedule that be a barrier to research. Schedule IV would allow research and medical use and theres no real risk of diversion from allowing that. People will just get it on the underground market or use something else.