the study , published by the journal of cannabis research , reveals that over the last 20 years, the number of published studies on cannabis has grown significantly. the authors point to more funding as being a major driver for the sharp hike.
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as previously reported , in order to accommodate this spike in research, the u.s. drug enforcement administration (dea) increased the annual cannabis production quota by 575 per cent (from 472 kilograms in 2017 to 3,200 kilograms in 2020).
in a statement on its website about its access to marijuana for research, the dea noted that the agency “took an important step to increase opportunities for medical and scientific research.”
another reason that published research is up has to do with funding. “overall cannabis research funding in the united states is rising steadily, from less than us$30.2 million in 2000 to more than us$143 million in 2018, and money to explore cannabis medical treatments is growing,” according to science.org .
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