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The US House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would broaden researchers’ ability to study marijuana and its effects, a move hailed by cannabis advocates.
The bill, passed in a bipartisan voice vote, allows authorized researchers access to parts of cannabis plants grown under state programs.
The use of marijuana for medical purposes is legal in 36 of the 50 states plus Washington, and for recreational use in 15 states plus the capital.
But until now, only the University of Mississippi was federally licensed to grow and clinically research the drug.
The plants that were available for study at the university, however, were of “poor quality” and failed “to accurately reflect the varieties of marijuana commercially available in the United States,” according to US pro-cannabis organization NORML.
“The reality that most high-schoolers have easier access to cannabis than do our nation’s top scientists is the height of absurdity and an indictment of the…
