The DEA has been dragging their feet when it comes to allowing and promoting cannabis research. The letter notes that the DEA has not acted on at least 26 research applications from farms that intend to grow cannabis for the purposes of research. The letter was written with the intention of stopping these delays. It continues to urge the regulating bodies to do whatever they can to speed up and better the research application process.
What ends the letter is a bunch of questions that the DOJ and the DEA are yet to answer. The lawmakers who drafted the letter want to know about the status of the 26 outstanding cannabis research applications and get answers as to why the applications are yet to be approved.
General Jeff Sessions, the former Attorney General, reportedly blocked a number of applications. However, as Barr spoke to Congress, he promised that change would take place in terms of new growers’ application process.
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