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01-02-2017, 11:09 AM
States, nations focus on cannabis research in urgent search for answers
By <span><a class="" href="http://www.thecannifornian.com/author/alicia-wallace/">Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist</a> </span>
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannifornian.com/cannabis-health/states-nations-focus-cannabis-research-urgent-search-answers/">Jan 2, 2017</a>
It was January 2014 and millions of eyes were on Colorado the first U.S. state to initiate and regulate sales of recreational marijuana.
With their state thrust into the global spotlight and attracting droves of <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/03/05/cnn-documentary-tracks-medical-marijuana-refugees-colorado/6224/">medical refugees</a> in the process, Colorado health officials saw a grand opportunity to extend that trailblazer status beyond legal weed and into the arena of <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/marijuana-research">cannabis research</a>, long shackled in America because of federal prohibition.
The state offered $7.1 million in grants to bolster research on the potential risks and benefits of marijuana-derived treatments.
The most significant thing we could do is spend the money to further the research, Dr. Larry Wolk, the states health chief, told <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/01/10/colorado-officials-want-grant-7-million-medical-pot-studies/2472/">The Denver Post at the time</a>.
In the years since, Colorado doubled down on those efforts.More money was funneled into projects and studies, including treating PTSD, childhood epilepsy, Parkinsons, inflammatory bowel disease and efficacy versus opioid painkillers. <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/12/13/colorado-marijuana-research-2-million-study-driving-legalization/69334/">Public-health research</a> has been approved related to driving, maternal use, marijuana concentrates, edibles and impacts of legalization, among others. The state became a hub for marijuana-related studies and public universities upped their games. Earlier this year, Colorado established its own institution-based research center the <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.csupueblo.edu/institute-of-cannabis-research/">Institute of Cannabis Research</a> at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
ICR will host its inaugural research conference early next year,...
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannifornian.com/cannabis-health/states-nations-focus-cannabis-research-urgent-search-answers/">http://www.thecannifornian.com/cannabis-health/states-nations-focus-cannabis-research-urgent-search-answers/</a>
By <span><a class="" href="http://www.thecannifornian.com/author/alicia-wallace/">Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist</a> </span>
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannifornian.com/cannabis-health/states-nations-focus-cannabis-research-urgent-search-answers/">Jan 2, 2017</a>
It was January 2014 and millions of eyes were on Colorado the first U.S. state to initiate and regulate sales of recreational marijuana.
With their state thrust into the global spotlight and attracting droves of <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/03/05/cnn-documentary-tracks-medical-marijuana-refugees-colorado/6224/">medical refugees</a> in the process, Colorado health officials saw a grand opportunity to extend that trailblazer status beyond legal weed and into the arena of <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/marijuana-research">cannabis research</a>, long shackled in America because of federal prohibition.
The state offered $7.1 million in grants to bolster research on the potential risks and benefits of marijuana-derived treatments.
The most significant thing we could do is spend the money to further the research, Dr. Larry Wolk, the states health chief, told <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/01/10/colorado-officials-want-grant-7-million-medical-pot-studies/2472/">The Denver Post at the time</a>.
In the years since, Colorado doubled down on those efforts.More money was funneled into projects and studies, including treating PTSD, childhood epilepsy, Parkinsons, inflammatory bowel disease and efficacy versus opioid painkillers. <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/12/13/colorado-marijuana-research-2-million-study-driving-legalization/69334/">Public-health research</a> has been approved related to driving, maternal use, marijuana concentrates, edibles and impacts of legalization, among others. The state became a hub for marijuana-related studies and public universities upped their games. Earlier this year, Colorado established its own institution-based research center the <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.csupueblo.edu/institute-of-cannabis-research/">Institute of Cannabis Research</a> at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
ICR will host its inaugural research conference early next year,...
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.thecannifornian.com/cannabis-health/states-nations-focus-cannabis-research-urgent-search-answers/">http://www.thecannifornian.com/cannabis-health/states-nations-focus-cannabis-research-urgent-search-answers/</a>