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Follow on Google News | Doctors for Cannabis Regulation Supports "Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act"DFCR supports new federal legislation to reduce barriers to cannabis/cannabinoid research.
Scientists have been significantly hampered in researching the potential health benefits of cannabis since the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act first initiated legal barriers to cannabis importation, cultivation, possession, and distribution; Formal research is essential for studying any and all potentially therapeutic compounds that will be made publicly available for a wide population, and a strong and growing body of evidence continues to support that cannabis and its components have demonstrated utility in the symptom management of pain, spasticity, insomnia, or subjective stress relief or as a systemic anti-inflammatory, anti-malignancy, and anti-neurodegenerative agent. We also encourage study on the various delivery methods for cannabis and its components, in whole-plant and isolated forms via inhalation (smoking, whole-plant vaporization, oil vaporization) DFCR recommends that the language of the bill be altered such that the plant name is referred to by its scientific genus, Cannabis, rather than the historically pejorative term (based on a xenophobic history) of "marihuana". The "Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act" is an important and highly welcomed step towards studying the cannabis plant, for which we commend United States federal legislators in creation and consideration for advancement to law. End
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