Another View: Lift the federal barrier to researching marijuana
The Senate should follow the House’s lead and allow scientists to learn about potentially transformative medical uses for cannabis.
By The Seattle Times
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The state of marijuana research law defies common sense. Although residents of Washington state (and 14 others, including Maine) are free to purchase an astonishing array of cannabis products for recreational or medical use, many of the state’s finest researchers are handcuffed in their ability to examine the good – or harm – of those same products.
Federal law requires all research in federally funded laboratories to use only marijuana from a single facility, in Oxford, Mississippi.
Editorial: End the federal barrier to researching marijuana
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