Researchers published more than 4,300 studies on marijuana and its components in 2022\u2014an new annual record\u2014an analysis from NORML shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need more research\u201d is easily one of the most common refrains from reform opponents, who insist that cannabis is understudied despite the fact that it\u2019s one of the most frequently researched medical subjects.<\/p>\n
To be sure, studying a plant that is the most widely used illicit substance in the world is something most people agree should be continued, especially as more states move to legalize it in some form. But there\u2019s a broader societal misconception that it is not adequately studied and therefore there are to many unknowns to move ahead with policy reform.<\/p>\n
But according to an analysis of the federal PubMed.gov site conducted by NORML, there were more than 4,300 research articles published worldwide focusing on cannabis this year. That exceeds last year\u2019s total of just over 4,200 marijuana studies that were published and listed on the federal database.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite claims by some that marijuana has yet to be subject to adequate scientific scrutiny, scientists\u2019 interest in studying cannabis has increased exponentially in recent years, as has our understanding of the plant, its active constituents, their mechanisms of action, and their effects on both the user and upon society,\u201d NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said in a blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is time for politicians and others to stop assessing cannabis through the lens of \u2018what we don\u2019t know\u2019 and instead start engaging in evidence-based discussions about marijuana and marijuana reform policies that are indicative of all that we do know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Lawmakers and legalization advocates have actually aligned with prohibitionists to support expanded research into cannabis\u2014a point that\u2019s underscored by the fact that President Joe Biden signed a historic standalone bill<\/a> this month to streamline studies, for example.<\/p>\n Both the House and Senate\u00a0passed earlier versions<\/a>\u00a0of their\u00a0separate but similar cannabis research bills<\/a>\u00a0in late 2020, but nothing ended up getting to then-President Donald Trump\u2019s desk by the end of the last Congress.<\/p>\n Congressional researchers separately released a report in March that\u00a0details the challenges posed by ongoing federal prohibition<\/a>\u00a0and the options that lawmakers have available to address them.<\/p>\n DEA has taken steps in recent years to\u00a0approve new cultivators of marijuana to be used in studies<\/a>, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recently published\u00a0a solicitation for applications from those authorized growers<\/a>\u00a0as it looks for new contractors to supply the agency with cannabis for research purposes.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, large-scale infrastructure legislation that was signed by Biden last year contains provisions aimed at\u00a0allowing researchers to study the actual marijuana that consumers are purchasing<\/a>\u00a0from state-legal businesses instead of having to use only government-grown cannabis.<\/p>\n Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) recently sought an update on the status of a federal report into research barriers<\/a>\u00a0that are inhibiting the development of a standardized test for marijuana impairment on the roads, as required under that infrastructure legislation.<\/p>\n NIDA Director Nora Volkow told Marijuana Moment last year that scientists have been\u00a0unnecessarily limited in the source of cannabis<\/a>\u00a0they\u2019re permitted to study\u2014and it makes sense to enact a policy change that expands their access to products available in state-legal markets.<\/p>\n Schumer Makes \u2018Pledge\u2019 To Tackle Federal Marijuana Decriminalization \u2018Next Year\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Mike Latimer.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Researchers Published A Record Number Of Scientific Studies About Cannabis In 2022, NORML Analysis Shows<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Researchers published more than 4,300 studies on marijuana and its components in 2022\u2014an new annual record\u2014an analysis from NORML shows. \u201cWe need more research\u201d is easily one of the most common refrains from reform opponents, who insist that cannabis is understudied despite the fact that it\u2019s one of the mostContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,15462],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59918,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59917\/revisions\/59918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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