Marijuana Marijuana Research Explodes in Recent Years by Sophia Vida May 31, 2022 New research has found that marijuana analysis has "grown steeply" over the last couple of decades. As legislation continues in many states and countries around the world, research on the plant has exploded. In a new study t...
Legal Related U.S. Senate Passes Legislation to Expand Marijuana Research by Sophia Vida March 29, 2022 Earlier this month the U.S. Senate cleared a bill that would expand scientific and medical research on cannabis and its compounds, including CBD. The bill, S. 253, titled the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, is...
Legal Related The DEA May Soon Start Issuing Marijuana Cultivation Permits by Sophia Vida December 25, 2020 According to Richard Shain, the president of Maridose, one of the 30 entities that have applied for the federal cannabis cultivation permits, the DEA may start issuing the permits in early 2021. “I expect them to start issuin...
Featured White House Reviews Federal Plan for CBD and Marijuana Research by Sophia Vida June 04, 2020 Recently the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) submitted draft guidance on marijuana and CBD research to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The document is entitled "Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Compounds:...
Legal Related Federal Health Agencies Think Marijuana From Dispensaries Should Be Tested by Sophia Vida September 11, 2019 According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), researchers should be able to obtain marijuana from state-legal shops and not have to rely only on marijuana from the federal government ...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Researchers Just Got Some Great News by Sophia Vida August 30, 2019 This week the Drug Enforcement Administration said it's now moving forward on a 2016 policy change that would allow more entities to grow cannabis for federally approved research. "The main thing that it will likely do is preci...
Legal Related Federal Government Decides to Expand Marijuana Research Thanks to this Doctor by Sophia Vida August 27, 2019 In an announcement on Monday, the federal government has said it plans to expand cannabis research. According to some cannabis experts, a move like this could downgrade marijuana’s Controlled Substances Act classification. ...
Trends & Articles Pennsylvania’s Department of Health Approves Three Companies for Growing Medical Marijuana for Research by Sophia Vida June 21, 2019 The Department of Health in Pennsylvania approved three companies on Thursday that will be allowed to grow cannabis for research in partnership with medical schools at Penn State, Thomas Jefferson, and Drexel. “This research ...
Trends & Articles Harvard and MIT Get Millions from Investor to Study Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 01, 2019 A marijuana investor has donated Harvard and MIT, his alma maters, $9 million to study the health effects of the drug. This is the largest private funding of marijuana research according to the two institutions as reported in t...
Legal Related A Huge Marijuana Bill is Scheduled to Be Voted on This Week by Sophia Vida September 10, 2018 There's a new marijuana bill scheduled to be voted on this week by the U.S. House panel that oversees federal drug enforcement. The bill would dramatically expand opportunities for research on the benefits of medicinal marijuan...