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Ole Miss Gets $68 Million From Feds To Grow More Marijuana

3/23/2015

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Time Magazine reported yesterday on the new agreement that has given The University of Mississippi almost $70 Million dollars to continue growing and analyzing marijuana at the Natural Products Lab. The facility has been the only grower of federally legal marijuana in the country since 1968 and even has a program that supplies a select group of patients with significant amounts of cannabis, usually in the form of pre-rolled joints, every month, and has been doing so for decades. This of course is all taking place at a time when the federal government still classifies marijuana as one of the most dangerous drugs in the world, on par with herion and LSD, with no medical value. What??

The money was awarded Monday by a branch of the National Institutes of Health and is expected to bring production up 30,000 plants, according to the Los Angeles Times. 

From Time: 

The government said it’s interested in developing new methods for growing plants that contain a variety of different levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical most responsible for pot’s psychological “high” effect, and cannabidiol, a nonpychoactive ingredient claimed in high-profile anecdotes to effectively treat medical disorders like epilepsy.
When the contract solicitation was posted online in August, NIDA spokeswoman Shirley Simson told TIME that the agency was simply starting a new bidding competition since its existing marijuana farm contract was set to expire in 2015.

As it stands now, almost half of all of the states in the U.S. allow for the use of medical marijuana and 4 states that have legalized it out right, with several others expected to follow in the coming years. 

Mississippi may see itself among the ranks with those listed above. Already the state has Mississippi House Bill 1231 or "The Harper Grace Bill" which allows for the extraction of cannabidiol from marijuana for medical purposes. Back in June of 2014, we sat down for a podcast with Senator Josh Harkins who helped create and pass the bill, as well as the mother of the girl whom the bill is named after, Ashley Durval. You can listen to it below which was recorded in the Supreme Court Chamber at the capital in Jackson (Video 1 of 2). 

Now, Mississippi also has a dedicated group who is seeking to legalize marijuana and hemp production, headed by activist Kelly Jacobs, who also agreed to a podcast with Coastal Noise back in January of this year. You can hear that interview below as well (Video 2 of 2). 

CNP #33-Senator Josh Harkins, Ashley Durval 

CNP #43-Kelly Jacobs
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Michael LaBelle link
3/24/2015 03:56:36 am

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Gail Johnson
3/29/2015 04:52:56 pm

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3/24/2015 09:42:26 am

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