For decades, marijuana’s federal criminal status has raised obstacles for researchers trying to study the plant’s health impacts. Now, the U.S. Congress is poised to eliminate some of those hurdles.
allows researchers to study products sold at dispensaries in states that have legalized marijuana.
The two bills share a common theme, says Representative Andy Harris , a leading co-sponsor: giving researchers “access to a wider range of products that reflect the modern marijuana marketplace.” He predicts that House and Senate negotiators will iron out the differences “by summer or fall” and the resulting measure will become law.
The United States designates marijuana as a schedule I drug, in the same category as heroin and LSD. Researchers studying it must win Drug Enforcement Administration registration, an arduous process, and keep samples in high-security vaults or safes.
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