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Feds spend week on Wash. pot farm: 'This is novel for us'
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- It's an unprecedented event in the history of marijuana in this country. Federal researchers spent most of the week on a working medical marijuana farm in Vancouver, Washington to study the occupational hazards of growing and processing marijuana.
The study was unprecedented because marijuana is still a Schedule 1 drug and illegal in the eyes of the federal government. It's in the same class as heroin, methamphetamines and LSD. For years, federally funded research on marijuana has been restricted because of its classification. Meanwhile, many states are moving to legalize it.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. -- It's an unprecedented event in the history of marijuana in this country. Federal researchers spent most of the week on a working medical marijuana farm in Vancouver, Washington to study the occupational hazards of growing and processing marijuana.
The study was unprecedented because marijuana is still a Schedule 1 drug and illegal in the eyes of the federal government. It's in the same class as heroin, methamphetamines and LSD. For years, federally funded research on marijuana has been restricted because of its classification. Meanwhile, many states are moving to legalize it.
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