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Although Massachusetts is now the 18th state to allow the medical use of marijuana, scientists continue to grapple with understanding the properties of the drug and developing pot into medicine. Some researchers blame the federal government for blocking more study that could clarify marijuana's medicinal benefits. The federal government says marijuana has no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse, and it recently upheld marijuana's classification in the same category of drugs as heroin and LSD.
Lyle Craker is an agriculture professor at UMass Amherst who studies medicinal plants. For more than a decade, he's tried to get permission from the federal government to grow marijuana for medical studies. Rick Doblin is founder and director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, which is sponsoring Craker's efforts.
WBUR's Deborah Becker spoke with Craker and Doblin, who said that some 40 years after researchers first touted marijuana's medicinal benefits, they haven't been able to get very far.
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Source: wbur.org
Author: Deborah Becker
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Website: UMass Professor Blocked From Growing Marijuana For Medical Research | WBUR
Lyle Craker is an agriculture professor at UMass Amherst who studies medicinal plants. For more than a decade, he's tried to get permission from the federal government to grow marijuana for medical studies. Rick Doblin is founder and director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, which is sponsoring Craker's efforts.
WBUR's Deborah Becker spoke with Craker and Doblin, who said that some 40 years after researchers first touted marijuana's medicinal benefits, they haven't been able to get very far.
News Hawk- TruthSeekr420 420 MAGAZINE
Source: wbur.org
Author: Deborah Becker
Contact: Contact Us | WBUR
Website: UMass Professor Blocked From Growing Marijuana For Medical Research | WBUR
