Dr. Manny: Why we need more efficient yet properly regulated medical marijuana research

I think that the groundbreaking approach by an anti-legalization group calling for a regulatory way to study medical marijuana under academic supervision is the right way to evaluate the potential use of this highly debated drug. 

The group, Smart Approaches to Marijuana, appears to be the first of its kind to make moves that would hopefully allow for more efficient research of medical marijuana and its component cannabidiol (CBD).

Smart Approaches to Marijuana is calling on the government to give more entities than just the University of Mississippi the permission to grow marijuana for federal research purposes. It also is asking the Department of Health and Human Services to eliminate a review process for marijuana research that critics say is needless, and it is calling on the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to also get rid of certain regulatory requirements for CBD research. Proponents of medical marijuana say purified CBD does...

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