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Cannabis sales and use are high in Michigan – but federal law means research lags behind

  • Written by Omayma Alshaarawy, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Michigan State University
imageCannabis users have a variety of products to choose fromArturo Barajas/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Have you been to a licensed cannabis dispensary lately?

My team and I often visit them in the Greater Lansing area to invite cannabis users to participate in our studies. As soon as we walk in, we are met with a dazzling array of products: high-potency...

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