After Lawsuit, DOJ Will Move Ahead In Expanding Marijuana Research

Ian Johnston trims medicinal marijuana plants at Tweed INC. in Smith Falls, Ontario on December 5, 2016. / AFP / Lars Hagberg (Photo credit should read LARS HAGBERG/AFP/Getty Images)
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After a lawsuit filed against the Drug Enforcement Agency for three years of foot-dragging, the Justice Department will finally move ahead in expanding marijuana research.

According to the Wall Street Journal, officials started accepting applications from researchers to grow and study the drug under the Obama administration, though the process slowed under the virulently anti-marijuana Jeff Sessions.

The Justice Department said it would unveil new regulations to control the growers before accepting any of the applications, causing some to predict more foot dragging.

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  1. Ms Barr will be able to make more money now .

  2. Well golly. We can’t have any science that could conflict with our preconceived ideas. They’ll figure out a way to do the pooch on this one.

  3. Avatar for daled daled says:

    Shouldn’t this be under Food & Drug, rather than DOJ?!?

  4. It’s bizarre for DOJ to stall, seeing as over half the states have voted to legalize it by next year.

  5. Marijuana has been under DEA jurisdiction, and DEA is part of DOJ.

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