Americans for Safe Access Applauds House Passage of the Medical Marijuana Research Act

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, December 10, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a voice vote HR 3797, the Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Andy Harris (R-MD).

If this bill is enacted into law, it will:

*Enable researchers to study cannabis products that patients and consumers are using in state programs where cannabis is legal
*Make the licensing process less burdensome for cannabis researchers
*Improve the quality and quantity of medical cannabis available for research
*Direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to issue a report on the results of the research

Americans for Safe Access applauds its passage in the House. Research on medical cannabis in the U.S. has been unnecessarily burdensome, with medical cannabis researchers limited by roadblocks and delays in the registration and selection processes, the poor quality and quantity of medical cannabis available, and efforts by the current Administration to limit much-needed research on medical cannabis.

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