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Senators Feinstein and Grassley: Break Down Barriers to Medical Marijuana Research

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 08:45

Dianne Feinstein is the senior senator from California and co-chairman of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Chuck Grassley is the senior senator from Iowa and chairman of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control.

'We need to cut red tape and streamline the licensing and regulatory processes so research can move ahead'

Soon after her first birthday, Mallory Minahan began suffering from debilitating seizures. For a decade she suffered these attacks—a symptom of intractable epilepsy—as many as 30 or 40 times a month. Her parents, both medical professionals, were powerless to help.

After years of failed treatments, her parents decided to try cannabidiol oil in October 2013. This product is derived from the marijuana plant, administered orally, and has a very low level of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the component of marijuana that makes users high. According to Tom Minahan, Mallory’s father and an ER doctor in Colton, Calif., it...

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