“This lack of evidence-based information on the health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids poses a public health risk,” a panel of 16 experts concluded in the first comprehensive look at marijuana research since 1999. The authors included physicians, public health experts, neurobiologists and addiction specialists. California’s Department of Public Health was one of 15 sponsors of the report. Also thin, according to the new report: research that clarifies the relationship between drugged driving and accidents. Those who wish to investigate marijuana’s effects face high legal and bureaucratic hurdles, the panel noted.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 13, 2017 01:21 UTC