Contradictory policyThe road to medical marijuana research is paved with surprises and hypocrisy nearly everywhere you look. Today, it is the biggest federal public funder of marijuana research and has been the sole supplier of the marijuana itself. With regard to the hypocrisy of federal medical marijuana policy, however, it is worth summoning the stamina to relentlessly present the facts. Up until today, there has been only one federally approved source of research-grade medical marijuana, at the University of Mississippi. The lives of patients -- such as that of Charlotte Figi , whose seizures abated with the use of medical marijuana, and so many others -- depend on it.

Source: CNN August 11, 2016 23:26 UTC