420 with CNW – Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge DEA to Allow Researchers to Study Cannabis from Dispensaries

December 11, 2019 04:20:21

On Friday, a bipartisan coalition of legislators from the House and Senate sent a letter to the Department of Justice requesting policy amendments, which would allow researchers to use marijuana bought from state-legal dispensaries for their studies on its benefits and risks.

The legislators were led by Rep. Harley Rouda (D-CA) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI). In the letter, they cited federal health agencies’ feedback where they said that research on marijuana is inhibited by the existing restrictions on cannabis. The primary challenge is that there exists only one federally-authorized facility producing…

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