Health Canada beefs up staffing to get cannabis research applications approved more quickly

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It seems there is wide agreement that more cannabis research is needed to better understand the long-term effects and/or benefits of the now-legalized plant. The Canadian government is scrambling to respond to a glut of license applications for #cannabis research. Health Canada has added 140 employees to help speed up the research licensing process and has started a risk-based triaging for research applications, allowing for smaller projects with fewer approvals required to possibly have an expedited review. Health Canada recently shared with Science Mag that its goal for approving licensing is “42-day turnaround, with a 180-day response time” for multiple research protocols. “We expect the weekly number to grow in the coming weeks,” a Health Canada spokesperson said. The federal department grants research licences that permit possession, transportation and chemical alterations to the cannabis plant for purposes of research, which would be otherwise illegal under the Cannabis Act.

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It seems there is wide agreement that more cannabis research is needed to better understand the long-term effects and/or benefits of the now-legalized plant.

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