The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced it is moving forward to facilitate the expansion of U.S.-based marijuana research. One of the main factors of this concern is because the DEA plans on proposing a new set of regulations to govern the marijuana growers taking part in the program. Thanks to the legal action from SRI in June, all 33 of the pending applications to grow cannabis are being processed. The agency also expects adding those additional growers will only further diversify the pool of research-grade marijuana, definitely a good thing. In January of 2017, there were 384 people in the U.S. approved to handle marijuana for research purposes.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced it is moving forward to facilitate the expansion of U.S.-based marijuana research. After a delay that lasted years, the DEA is now moving forward to allow U.S. cultivators to grow a larger amount of research-grade cannabis domestically, but it may take a while.
The DEA announced that it is providing notice to the pending applications that have amassed over the past two years since it originally put out the call for more marijuana growers and anticipate finding even more qualified candidates now that the ball is rolling. The agency also expects adding those additional growers will only further diversify...
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