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Research > Medical Marijuana
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MAPS is currently seeking regulatory approval to conduct a study of smoked and/or vaporized marijuana for symptoms of PTSD in veterans of war.
MAPS is the only organization working to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of botanical marijuana as a prescription medicine for specific medical uses to the satisfaction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Our efforts to initiate medical marijuana research have been hindered by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) since our founding in 1986. NIDA's monopoly on the supply of marijuana for research and the DEA's refusal to allow researchers to grow their own has paralyzed medical marijuana research, and for over ten years MAPS has been involved in legal struggles against the DEA to end this situation.
See below for frequently updated information about completed, ongoing, or planned MAPS studies, as well as details of our ongoing DEA lawsuit.
Explore MAPS in the Media for media coverage of MAPS projects.
Medical Marijuana Research News
Medical Marijuana Research Timeline
Marijuana for PTSD Study
US Marijuana PTSD Study
MAPS Efforts to Obtain a DEA License for a Medical Marijuana Production Facility
DEA Lawsuit Overview
DEA Lawsuit Timeline
Other MAPS Marijuana Related Issues
Additional Resources
History of MAPS Orphan Drug Designation for Smoked Marijuana for AIDS Patients
Past MAPS Marijuana Studies
Vaporizer Research
MAPS, in conjunction with the California branch of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws, worked between 1993 and 2009 to sponsor research into the effects of vaporizers and water-pipes in filtering the fumes of inhaled marijuana. Our goal was to determine if water-pipes or vaporizers could reduce the health risks of smoking marijuana.
From 1993 to 2002, we sponsored research at DEA-licensed laboratories testing the content of combusted and vaporized marijuana for cannabinoid particulate and carbon monoxide levels.
Between June 2003 and August 2009, MAPS attempted to purchase marijuana from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for more research with vaporized marijuana. Due to excessive delays and frustration, in August 2009, the laboratory we were working with on the project withdrew its efforts.
MAPS is no longer working on specific vaporizer research, although our protocol for our marijuana/PTSD research requires some subjects to use a vaporizer and others to smoke marijuana.
Timeline of MAPS Blocked Vaporizer Research
Water-pipe and Vaporizer Articles from MAPS Bulletin 1994-2004
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