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Classified Cannabis Research

๐Ÿ”ฅ Culture First mentioned: Ep. 102

US government research on cannabis and cannabinoids that was classified as restricted or top secret, preventing public access to findings about the plant's medical properties from the 1960s onward.

Sam discussed how Dr. Todd Mikuriya discovered that cannabis research was classified while working for what became the National Institute of Mental Health. Mikuriya became one of the first government whistleblowers about cannabis, quitting his job to educate people about its medical uses. He published 'The Medical Marijuana Papers' containing this formerly restricted research. VA research in the 1990s on cannabis and Vietnam veterans was also classified.

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