Congress Needs Marijuana Research
Members of Congress are often eager to admit they're not scientists. The trouble is, they also don't like listening to scientists and have tried to keep them from shaping federal policy on issues from national defense to environmental protection to gun violence. Now, America's ignorance-is-bliss Congress has come to fear what scientists might have to say about marijuana.
Earlier this month, the House Rules Committee rejected an amendment to a biomedical-research bill that would have directed the National Institutes of Health to investigate the benefits and risks of using marijuana for medical purposes -- research that federal law currently hampers. The sponsors of the amendment hold conflicting views about the value of medical marijuana. Each side believes that more research will strengthen its case, but they have yet to convince House Republican leaders.
Gathering data is indeed an excellent way to clarify and advance debate. Nearly half of...
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