The Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia launched the mmj.org initiative, which aims to study outcomes in the cannabis therapy space.
The initiative will first create a national patient registry to collect data on 100,000-plus medical marijuana patients. Researchers will use the data to gain a better understanding of the safety and medical utility of cannabis.
Thomas Jefferson University will then begin recruiting patient into the registry early in the summer via an online platform and by partnering with patient and healthcare organizations as well as medical marijuana dispensaries around the U.S.
The initiative includes collaborators from several healthcare institutions, including the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H., UC Irvine and Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.