US Marijuana Research Skews Negative, Says New Report
According to a new report, American scientific research into the potential health benefits of cannabis is biased towards providing negative results due to the influence of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). That's among the key findings in an extensive and comprehensive review of cannabis studies conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The private non-profit organization, comprised of representatives from universities around the globe, reviewed more than 10,000 cannabis-related studies published since 1999 to create what is described as one of the most comprehensive reports to date on cannabis research.
In the report, the researchers allege that the NIDA—a federal research institute and part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services's National Institutes of Health—has hampered marijuana research by approving fewer studies that concern the "therapeutic properties of cannabinoids."
The study authors say that 80% of approved research...
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