Federal drug officials are warning Georgia to shelve its plans to be the first state to allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana products.
News outlets report that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Nov. 27 warned pharmacies that dispensing medical marijuana violates federal law.
The barrier to medical studies has been the Federal Government (DEA) for several decades. They’re changing it but slowly.
Since 1968 the only place researchers could legally obtain cannabis for research was from a government lab in Mississippi, and as noted below, they wouldn’t even give you any. Researchers who did obtain it noted it was often old, low potency, and generally low quality, making it not very useful.
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