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Connecticut wants researchers to study its medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 10/03/2016 - 09:18

Connecticut is encouraging its hospitals, universities and licensed marijuana producers to embark on research that could improve understanding of marijuana's medicinal qualities, something officials hope will also boost the state's biotech industry.

While there's some research already underway in Connecticut and elsewhere, officials here hope the state's initiative, which began Oct. 1, will lead to much greater exploration of medical cannabis. The proposals will be vetted by an institutional review board, approved by the Department of Consumer Protection commissioner and theoretically protected under the legal umbrella of the state's 4-year-old medical marijuana law.

Researchers, they contend, shouldn't be impeded by current federal constraints because of recent legislation that prevents the federal government from punishing states using marijuana for medical purposes.

"This is the first formal program that we know of that will provide the protections and the framework to be able to use

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