Alexis Wnuk, in a recent article in New Scientist, asks the question about why, we know so little about cannabis compared to alcohol and tobacco. She writes that in 2023, there were around 6000 studies on cannabis, but more than 10,000 on tobacco and more than 23,000 on alcohol. No surprise that the U.S. government is still making it tough to do any research on the plant and its impact on health, culture, and the environment.
“A big reason for this is that government regulations have made it exceedingly difficult to study the drug,” Wnuk writes. “In the U.S. for instance, researchers must obtain a special licence from the Drug Enforcement Administration, and they can only study cannabis grown at licensed facilities. Prior to 2021, there was just one of these. Even in Canada, where recreational cannabis use has been legal since 2018, federal and provincial restrictions have encumbered research.”
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