"This shows that the federal government is flexible on legitimate research but is nowhere near wanting to legalise marijuana." California and eight other states have recreational or medical marijuana proposals headed for their 2016 ballots. The sources said the federal government would pave the way on Thursday for increased research, possibly with marijuana supplies from outside the University of Mississippi. The DEA only allows marijuana for federally sanctioned research to be cultivated at a garden at the University of Mississippi, an operation overseen by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The US government is to announce that it will allow more research into marijuana, but has rejected requests to relax the classification of the substance as a dangerous, highly addictive drug with no medical use, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 11, 2016 03:22 UTC