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The Great Pot Experiment While American research on the potential harms from marijuana is booming, the U.S. continues to lag in funding investigations into the possible benefits. A study, done by the Institute of Medicine in response to California’s...

The Great Pot Experiment


While American research on the potential harms from marijuana is booming, the U.S. continues to lag in funding investigations into the possible benefits. A study, done by the Institute of Medicine in response to California’s 1996 legalization of medical marijuana found that pot wasn’t a hippie’s delusion.

The research showed that the stuff held real therapeutic potential for specific conditions, including epilepsy, chronic pain and glaucoma. Yet, the U.S. doubled down on the war on drugs at the time.

There are now signs of change. This year, the Colorado department of public health awarded $9 million in grants for medical-marijuana research, funded with tax revenue from state-licensed pot stores. These will be among the first U.S. clinical trials to look into the effectiveness of marijuana.

In this photograph, shot by Danielle Levitt (@daniellelevitt) for TIME, William “Nic” Potere, 25, is seen smoking pot.

“The ending of [weed] prohibition in Colorado has had a huge impact on my life,” he says. “I’ve been able to safely and effectively find cannabis treatments that improve my quality of life.”

Read TIME’s full report, written by Bruce Barcott and Michael Scherer, in the latest issue of the magazine and on TIME.com. Find out more about Levitt’s photographs on LightBox.time.com
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The Great Pot Experiment The only federal marijuana farm, at the University of Mississippi, has recently expanded production with a $69 million grant in March, and Dr. Nora Volkow, the head of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, has expressed a...

The Great Pot Experiment


The only federal marijuana farm, at the University of Mississippi, has recently expanded production with a $69 million grant in March, and Dr. Nora Volkow, the head of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, has expressed a new openness to studies of marijuana’s healing potential.

In the coming months, Uncle Sam will begin a 10-year, $300 million study with thousands of adolescents to track the harm that marijuana, alcohol and other drugs do to the developing brain. High-tech imaging will allow researchers for the first time to map the effects of marijuana on the brain as humans age.

In this photograph, shot by Danielle Levitt (@daniellelevitt) for TIME, Michael Metoyer, 21, is seen smoking pot. “I work for a 420 tour company so I have a very good relationship [to marijuana],” he says.

Read TIME’s full report, written by Bruce Barcott and Michael Scherer, in the latest issue of the magazine and on TIME.com. Find out more about Levitt’s photographs on LightBox.time.com
Source: ti.me
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The Great Pot Experiment In the 1930s, Harry J. Anslinger, the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, set the standard for America’s fraught debate over marijuana with wild exaggerations. “How many murders, suicides, robberies,...

The Great Pot Experiment


In the 1930s, Harry J. Anslinger, the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, set the standard for America’s fraught debate over marijuana with wild exaggerations.

“How many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, holdups, burglaries and deeds of maniacal insanity it causes each year, especially among the young, can only be conjured,” he wrote as part of a campaign to terrify the country.

The official line today is better grounded in data and research. And the new focus is squarely on brain development.

As states now rush to legalize pot and unwind a massive criminalization effort, the federal government is trying to play catch-up on the science with mixed success.

In this photograph, shot by Danielle Levitt (@daniellelevitt) for TIME, Gustin Tubbs, 24, and Savannah Kay, 23, are seen smoking pot.

“It is our growing knowledge and acceptance of this plant that has lead to much more responsible usage by informed patients or consumers,” says Tubbs.

Read TIME’s full report, written by Bruce Barcott and Michael Scherer, in the latest issue of the magazine and on TIME.com. Find out more about Levitt’s photographs on LightBox.time.com
Source: ti.me
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