Digitalis lanata in the order Lamiales. The original family name was Veronicaceae until 1789 when the family name became Plantaginaceae. This is the conserved name under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN). ICBN does not consider family names before 1789 for conservation, as a result Veronicaceae is not eligible for conservation. "Digitalis lanata" has several other common names such as "Grecian foxglove" and "woolly foxglove". The name Digitalis comes from the Latin word "digitus," which means finger. Digitalis was first recorded in the English language in 1664 in a published work. This genus name was chosen because the German name for
Drug Enforcement Administration DEA, which has the legal responsibility to make scientific and medical determinations with respect to drug scheduling; no drug can be scheduled if the Secretary of Health and Human Services recommends against it on a scientific or medical basis, and no drug can be placed in the most restrictive schedule (Schedule I) if DHHS finds that the drug has an accepted medical use. Jon Gettman's essay "Science and the End of Marijuana Prohibition" describes the DEA as "a fall guy to deflect responsibility from the key decision-makers" and opines, "HHS calls the shots when it comes to marijuana prohibition, and