US Federal Research on Cannabis Granted More Funding The US government has increased funding for research on cannabis, a sign of growing interest in the potential therapeutic benefits of the plant. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has allocated $20.3 million for cannabis research in 2024, up from $14.2 million in 2023. Source: “US Federal Research on Cannabis Grant

increase in funding for research on the plant. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has allocated $20.3 million for cannabis research in 2024, up from $14.2 million in 2023¹. This increase in funding could lead to significant advancements in our understanding of the medicinal properties of cannabis and its potential applications in healthcare.

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports a broad portfolio of research on cannabis, cannabinoids, and related compounds, as well as the endocannabinoid system¹. The research portfolio includes studies investigating the whole or parts of the Cannabis sativa plant, cannabis extracts or enriched extracts, cannabinoid compounds extracted and derived from cannabis extracts, non-cannabinoid constituents of cannabis, synthetic cannabinoids, and the components of the endocannabinoid system¹.

In 2015, NIH developed three reporting categories to describe and account for the research efforts underway to examine the chemical, physiological, and therapeutic properties of cannabinoids and the physiological systems they affect¹. These categories are:

• Cannabinoid Research: This category reports the total NIH investment in all cannabinoid research including basic research, animal and human preclinical studies, and clinical research¹.
• Cannabidiol Research: This subset of the Cannabinoid Research category reports all NIH projects examining basic, preclinical, and therapeutic properties of cannabidiol (CBD)¹.
• Therapeutic Cannabinoid Research: This subset of the Cannabinoid Research category reports all NIH projects examining the therapeutic properties of all classes of cannabinoids (endocannabinoids, phytocannabinoids, and synthetic)¹.

These categories are publicly accessible on the NIH categorical spending website (NIH RePORTER) and are updated annually¹. However, the specific breakdown of the $20.3 million funding for cannabis research in 2024 is not available in the search results. For the most accurate and up-to-date information, it would be best to refer to the official announcements from the NIH or the NIH RePORTER.

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