Prosecutors balk at marijuana extract
INDIANAPOLIS – Concerned that lawmakers will act hastily in allowing the medicinal use of a marijuana extract, prosecutors are calling for more research into a controversial treatment.
At a four-hour hearing Wednesday, officials with the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council urged a legislative committee to abandon efforts to legalize cannabidiol -- a non-psychoactive marijuana extract – until more mainstream science weighs in.
“As prosecutors, we think we need to base decisions on evidence,” said Aaron Negengard, the prosecuting attorney for Dearborn and Ohio counties, who told lawmakers it would be “reckless and careless” to follow other states that have allowed use of cannabidiol with little regulation.
His comments came after several health experts testified that medicinal uses of marijuana extracts are still in experimental stages, due in part to federal law that criminalizes marijuana.
“We need to accelerate the research,” said Dr. Kelly Knupp, a pediatrician leading a study of the...
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