California weed researcher explains why we know so little about marijuana health claims

[Purple Power]

California weed researcher explains why we know so little about marijuana health claims



Its easier to study fake THC than the real thing, among other problems



<span class="pub_date" content="2018-01-15T21:38:14+00:00" itemprop="datePublished" property="dc:datePublished">01/15/2018</span>




ByAmy Martyn








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Californias Proposition 64 did more than legalize recreational weed. The voter-approved measure also stipulated that researchers combat stoned driving by finding marijuanas equivalent to the breathalyser with a grant from California Highway Patrol.



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Responsible for those studies is a team of psychiatrists at the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), a publicly-funded lab established twenty years ago for the sole purpose of studying weed.



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The CMRC exists thanks to another state law. California voters in 1996 decided to allow access to medical marijuana under the Compassionate Use Act. But because there was a lack of evidence available from the FDA about marijuanas medical benefits, lawmakers several years later established a program to oversee high-quality research into the therapeutic effects of marijuana at the states University of California campuses.......



















https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/cal...11518.html