Uruguay marijuana law paves way for sleep study
Uruguayan scientists, taking advantage of their country's legalization of marijuana, will study the long-term effects of the drug on sleep
LEGAL IN URUGUAY. A picture made available on 10 December 2013 shows a plant of marijuana at a house in Montevideo, Uruguay, 05 December 2013. Pablo Nogueira/EPA
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Uruguayan scientists, taking advantage of their country's legalization of marijuana, will study the long-term effects of the drug on sleep, a local newspaper reported.
A multi-disciplinary group of researchers from the University of the Republic will launch its study as soon as the law – approved in early December to regulate the production, sale and distribution of marijuana – goes into force, the El Observador newspaper reported Sunday, January 26.
The researchers aim to determine how and which of the 500 substances contained in the cannabis plant influence sleep quality.
"We have a historic opportunity permitted by the law," said...
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