It just got easier for U.S. scientists to get their hands on some pot—for research, that is.
Other cannabis researchers welcomed the new law but said it doesn’t go far enough. In particular, they are disappointed it does not includethat would have allowed scientists to buy and study the marijuana available to consumers in the 37 states that have legalized its recreational or medical use.
Cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug—like heroin and LSD—under U.S. criminal law. That means both scientists and the growers who supply the drug for research must obtain permits from the Drug Enforcement Administration , and follow strict security rules for storing and handling the drug. But researchers have reported that it took DEA a year or more to respond to permit applications.
“The great advance of this bill is it puts a deadline on the [DEA’s] response time,” says Larry Walker, a pharmacologist at the University of Mississippi who has applied for research registrations. Those firms should be able to amply supply U.S. researchers indefinitely, says Steven Groff, the founder and chief medical officer of Groff North America in Pennsylvania. He says his firm already supplies smokable marijuana flower, vaping products, edibles, beverages, and soft chew tablets to major research universities. And he dismisses complaints from scientists that DEA-registered companies can’t provide cannabis products that mirror products widely available in legal dispensaries.
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