Publish Time: 2022-11-28 Origin: Site
The U.S. Senate approved bipartisan legislation to ease restrictions on medical marijuana-related research and sent to President Joe Biden's desk the first batch of marijuana-related bills the industry hopes to introduce next month. This is the first time Congress has passed a marijuana-related bill. The bill has the support of Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who for years have been cited as obstacles to marijuana reform. The House of Representatives passed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabinoid Research Expansion Act in July, which would allow research universities as well as private companies, including pharmaceutical companies, to obtain a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration license to grow and process marijuana for scientific purposes. Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the bill, if signed into law by the president, "would remove the red tape that has impeded cannabis research and open the door to new and innovative cannabis-derived treatments." door".