ACLU Enters Marijuana Research Dispute

Washington, DC, Apr. 22 (UPI) — The American Civil Liberties Union Friday challenged the Drug Enforcement Administration’s refusal to allow an alternative source of research marijuana.The ACLU said it filed a statement with a federal administrative law judge opposing the DEA’s refusal to allow University of Massachusetts Professor Lyle Craker to grow the alternative source of research-grade marijuana.A hearing before the judge is slated to begin this summer.