Editor's Note: Forbes reports that the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee is directing scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to work with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to study marijuana samples in an effort to "provide robust reliable data that can inform policy." The Committee also expressed concern that restrictions associated with Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substance Act effectively limit the amount and type of research that can be conducted and it directed NIDA to provide an update on the barriers to research that result from the classification of drugs and compounds as Schedule 1 substances.

Forbes
Aug. 14, 2017

Concerned about a lack of data on the potency and purity of cannabis available to consumers, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee is directing federal agencies to formulate a "National Testing Program for Schedule I Marijuana-Derived Products."

The senators, in a  report issued on Thursday, are instructing scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to work with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to study marijuana samples in an effort to "provide robust reliable data that can inform policy."

Until 2014, NIDA funded a program for testing samples of illicit marijuana seized by law enforcement, but has never before officially analyzed cannabis products that are legally available to consumers under a growing number of state laws.

"The Committee believes that such research [on law-enforcement-seized cannabis], along with analysis of marijuana and marijuana-derived products sold commercially in dispensaries or online, is essential for informing substance abuse prevention efforts, public health policy, and law enforcement tactics across the Federal Government."

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