Brookings Institute Sharply Critical of Federal Marijuana Policy

The Brookings Institution, a venerable non-profit research and education association which has been ranked the most influential think tank in the world, has issued a 21-page report entitled "Ending the U.S. government's war on medical marijuana research." For those involved in marijuana reform, or those who have ever wondered how we got to where we are today with federal marijuana policy, this report is an essential read.

The authors, John Hudak, Ph.D. and Grace Wallack, have managed to distill a difficult issue down to the essentials. The report opens with a strong statement, "The federal government is stifling medical research in a rapidly transforming area of public policy that has consequences for public health and public safety." Hudak and Wallack are far from the first to lob this accusation but they are among the few who back up the statement with compelling evidence.

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