US awards $3M to fill gaps in medical marijuana research

US awards $3M to fill gaps in medical marijuana research

5 years ago
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https://apnews.com/6c7f1be6ed7a440680aada789e61b10f

The U.S. government will spend $3 million to find out if marijuana can relieve pain, but none of the money will be used to study the part of the plant that gets people high.

Nine research grants announced Thursday are for work on CBD, the trendy ingredient showing up in cosmetics and foods, and hundreds of less familiar chemicals. THC research was excluded.