Published Scientific Papers About Cannabis Tops 35,000 In Past Decade

Since the beginning of when cannabis prohibition policies were first implemented around the globe, there has never been a better time for cannabis research. Cannabis research efforts have greatly benefitted from policy modernization efforts worldwide in recent years. The increase in cannabis research findings is reflected in a recent analysis published by NORML.

“For the fourth consecutive year, researchers worldwide published over 4,000 scientific papers specific to cannabis, its active constituents, and their effects, according to the results of a keyword search of the National Library of Medicine/PubMed.gov website.” NORML stated in a recent article posted on its website.

“Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in scientific inquiries about the cannabis plant — with researchers publishing more than 35,000 scientific papers about cannabis since the beginning of 2014. Much of this uptick is a result of researchers’ newfound focus on marijuana’s therapeutic activities as well investigations into the real-world effects of legalization laws.” NORML also stated.

For many decades, cannabis was prohibited around the world, and that greatly hindered cannabis research efforts. However, cannabis is now legal for medical use in nearly five dozen nations and legal for adult use in Uruguay, Canada, Malta, Luxembourg, Germany, and South Africa. Those policy modernization efforts are boosting worldwide knowledge of the cannabis plant.

A number of other jurisdictions are expected to modernize their cannabis policies in 2025, which will further add to the momentum of global cannabis research efforts. That is in addition to countries that are already conducting a considerable amount of cannabis research.