A national, cannabis trade group is publicly asking the DEA to keep out of medical cannabis research. While it’s not yet clear what will happen with this decision, it is evident that those who support medical cannabis research want it handled by doctors, not law enforcement. The NCIA feels that any rule change adopted by the DEA will slow down medical cannabis research and stand in the way of patients who want results. Due to the fact that at least 90 percent of Americans at least support medical cannabis, there is definitely a need for more research to be done. If this goes through, the DEA would assume full ownership of any cannabis produced for research.
Some may think legal cannabis and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are less at odds than the DEA was with the illicit market, but that may not be so. A national, cannabis trade group is publicly asking the DEA to keep out of medical cannabis research. They think doctors and other health experts should head up this research, not anyone involved with enforcing the law.
“One of the many qualified public health agencies in the federal government (i.e. Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, etc.) should manage...
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