Colorado is known nationally as the leader in recreational marijuana use.
Pennsylvania would like to be a national leader in a different cannabis category: medical research.
The state's new medical marijuana law creates eight special permits that would be used for clinical research studies. It's the only state law with such a provision.
The law also creates a publicly funded, state-administered research program for studying marijuana's effectiveness in treating conditions that qualify under the law.
"This is the first time there has been any responsibility taken for improving the science behind medical cannabis," said Dr. Charles V. Pollack Jr., director of the newly created Center for Medical Cannabis Education and Research at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
There is a serious shortage of legitimate clinical research, he and other experts say.
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Pennsylvania would like to be a national leader in a different cannabis category: medical research.
The state's new medical marijuana law creates eight special permits that would be used for clinical research studies. It's the only state law with such a provision.
The law also creates a publicly funded, state-administered research program for studying marijuana's effectiveness in treating conditions that qualify under the law.
"This is the first time there has been any responsibility taken for improving the science behind medical cannabis," said Dr. Charles V. Pollack Jr., director of the newly created Center for Medical Cannabis Education and Research at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
There is a serious shortage of legitimate clinical research, he and other experts say.
Read more
