The DEA Is Blocking Weed Research, and a Federal Court Demands to Know Why

The DEA Is Blocking Weed Research, and a Federal Court Demands to Know Why

The DEA has consistently stonewalled cannabis research, despite promising that it would grow weed for science. And now courts want to know why the agency is holding up the process.

A federal court ordered the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to justify, in writing, why it’s holding up marijuana research applications.

The order comes after the Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI), a Phoenix-based clinical weed research group led by Dr. Sue Sisley, filed a lawsuit against the DEA in June. Sisley studies medical cannabis as a treatment for PTSD, but her research has been consistenly obstructed by Arizona and federal regulators for years.

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