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Cannabis Research Explores What’s Better: The Illicit Market or Legal Market

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Despite the fact that the legal cannabis industry is growing, many people are still purchasing from the illicit market. A recent study investigated this matter and found that buying cannabis from the illicit market may be “better” than legal weed. But what about the risks that come with illicit cannabis?

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Brazil’s Cannabis Social and Economic Research Institute Launches Tech To Monitor Countrywide Legal Developments In Cannabis

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Brazil’s IPSEC (Cannabis Social and Economic Research Institute) has launched a service that will monitor the legal environment involving cannabis… Read More.

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What The Relaxation In Access To Cannabis For Scientific Research Means For Medical Marijuana Development

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The use of cannabis in scientific research in the US has been at a standstill for the last five decades. The limit on where scientists could access cannabis for research was limited to just one facility at the University of Mississippi. What does federally funded cannabis research mean for medical marijuana development?

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Funding Research On Differing Legal Cannabis Regulatory Models

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is renewing its push to promote federally funded research into marijuana as more states enact reform—specifically expressing interest in studies on differing cannabis regulatory models that are in place across the country. Read full report.

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Cannabis Legalization is Necessary for Proper Research and Testing

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The lack of research is one of the many reasons that cannabis remains federally illegal. But one of the barriers to conducting the necessary research is its federally illegal status. These intertwining factors plaguing cannabis research must be eradicated for the sake of medical cannabis consumers. .

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WSU researchers team with Puyallup tribe on medicinal cannabis research

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SPOKANE — Researchers at Washington State University are teaming up with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in an effort to chart the tribe’s outcomes prescribing medicinal marijuana to patients. The Puyallup tribe has staked several claims in the state’s legal marijuana industry, opening two recreational stores in the Tacoma area.

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Legalization Sparks Boom in Once-Stigmatized Field of Marijuana Research

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“There were times when I was told you couldn’t even use ‘cannabis’ and ‘research’ in the same sentence,” he recalled. which is conducting millions of dollars worth of research on the use of cannabis to treat conditions including anxiety, insomnia and pain. The federal government is investing in marijuana research too.