The bill would make it easier to study the medicinal properties of cannabis.
A unanimous U.S. Senate has voted to expand research into cannabis to see if there are any medical benefits to the drug and its compounds, including cannabidiol.
The Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act also would require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to report to Congress on the potential benefits or harms associated with using cannabis.“Current rules and regulations make it hard for researchers to study how marijuana and marijuana-derived medications can best be used to treat various conditions,” Feinstein said.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, reintroduced the House bill last October.that the federal government spent more than $1 billion on research from 2000 to 2018, but most of the funding went for studies on the misuse and negative effects of cannabis rather than research into its medical properties.
“The medical community agrees that we need more research to learn about marijuana’s potential health benefits, but our federal laws today are standing in the way of us finding those answers,” said one of the Senate bill’s co-sponsors, Hawaii Democrat Brian Schatz. “We are now one step closer to removing excessive barriers that make it difficult for researchers to study the effectiveness and safety of marijuana, and hopefully, give patients more treatment options.”
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