Utah’s state-funded study of pot’s effects on pain delayed

Utah's state-funded study of pot's effects on pain delayed
In this June 21, 2018, photo, a laboratory manager holds a cannabis sample in Oakland, Calif. A state-funded study in Utah designed to gauge marijuana’s impact on pain has been delayed so many times due to federal regulations that it might not be ready before the November general election when state voters will decide whether to pass a medical marijuana ballot initiative, the Deseret News reported. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

A $500,000 state-funded study, designed to gauge marijuana’s impact on pain, has been delayed so many times due to federal regulations that it might not be ready before Utah voters decide in November whether to pass a medical marijuana ballot initiative.

Ivy Estabrooke, executive director of the Utah Science Technology and Research, told the Deseret News it took nearly a year and a half for researchers to jump through the legal hoops necessary to begin the study this summer.

Even if the…

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