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MEDS Act

Introduced: June 20, 2016 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jun 20, 2016

Introduced in Senate

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Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2016 or the MEDS Act

This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to:

establish, with respect to marijuana research, a new federal registration process that is separate from the process for research involving other schedule I drugs;
establish a process for registering persons to manufacture or distribute marijuana for purposes of either research or the commercial production of certain approved drugs containing or derived from marijuana; and
modify other requirements related to marijuana research and production.

What's happening now June 20, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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