Katelyn Baker
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Orrin Hatch, Thom Tillis, and Chris Coons are backing the Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2016.
Also signing on is Rep. Morgan Griffith, who has championed legislation allowing for cannabidiol-rich medical cannabis preparations.
Harris, a physician who has also conducted National Institute of Health-sponsored research, and several other federal lawmakers plan to introduce bills in both houses of Congress. It allows for the private manufacturing and distribution of marijuana exclusively for research purposes, in order for the researchers to get the pot they need for their studies.
Harris, who represents a portion of Carroll County and is a practicing physician, has been a clear opponent of the legalization of the drug.
"Our drug policy was never meant to act as an impediment to conducting legitimate medical research", Harris said in a statement released Monday.
Marijuana use among Colorado high schoolers has not increased since legalization, the state Health Department reported Monday in a new batch of youth survey results. "This legislation is crucial to that effort, because it removes the unnecessary administrative barriers that deter qualified researchers from rigorously studying medical marijuana", said Dr. Harris.
No matter where you come down on the issue of medical marijuana, it's hard to argue there is not a need for scientific research and evidence about its medical benefits. "The federal government should get out of the way to allow for this long overdue research". "It's outrageous", Blumenauer said in a statement.
"There are countless reports of marijuana's medicinal benefits, but patients, doctors, pharmacists, and policymakers must have more to rely on than anecdotal evidence", Griffith said in a statement.
Although the two congressmen differ pretty significantly on marijuana policy, they're teaming up this week to support the bipartisan Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016, which would overhaul federal marijuana policies to make it easier for scientists to access marijuana for research purposes.
Most importantly, the bill would allow for private entities to cultivate marijuana for research purposes, ending the so-called "NIDA monopoly" through which only the University of MS was allowed to grow marijuana with a license from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The new bill would also ease wait times for marijuana research approval, and eliminate certain costly security measures and various protocol reviews. Currently, the only marijuana available to be used in research legally comes from a single contract the National Institute on Drug Abuse holds with the University of Mississippi.
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Also signing on is Rep. Morgan Griffith, who has championed legislation allowing for cannabidiol-rich medical cannabis preparations.
Harris, a physician who has also conducted National Institute of Health-sponsored research, and several other federal lawmakers plan to introduce bills in both houses of Congress. It allows for the private manufacturing and distribution of marijuana exclusively for research purposes, in order for the researchers to get the pot they need for their studies.
Harris, who represents a portion of Carroll County and is a practicing physician, has been a clear opponent of the legalization of the drug.
"Our drug policy was never meant to act as an impediment to conducting legitimate medical research", Harris said in a statement released Monday.
Marijuana use among Colorado high schoolers has not increased since legalization, the state Health Department reported Monday in a new batch of youth survey results. "This legislation is crucial to that effort, because it removes the unnecessary administrative barriers that deter qualified researchers from rigorously studying medical marijuana", said Dr. Harris.
No matter where you come down on the issue of medical marijuana, it's hard to argue there is not a need for scientific research and evidence about its medical benefits. "The federal government should get out of the way to allow for this long overdue research". "It's outrageous", Blumenauer said in a statement.
"There are countless reports of marijuana's medicinal benefits, but patients, doctors, pharmacists, and policymakers must have more to rely on than anecdotal evidence", Griffith said in a statement.
Although the two congressmen differ pretty significantly on marijuana policy, they're teaming up this week to support the bipartisan Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016, which would overhaul federal marijuana policies to make it easier for scientists to access marijuana for research purposes.
Most importantly, the bill would allow for private entities to cultivate marijuana for research purposes, ending the so-called "NIDA monopoly" through which only the University of MS was allowed to grow marijuana with a license from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The new bill would also ease wait times for marijuana research approval, and eliminate certain costly security measures and various protocol reviews. Currently, the only marijuana available to be used in research legally comes from a single contract the National Institute on Drug Abuse holds with the University of Mississippi.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Remove Barriers To Medical Marijuana Research
Author: Phil Beauvilliers
Contact: info@la-kabylie.com
Photo Credit: Shutterstock
Website: La-Kabylie
