MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES and VALERIE CORRAL, Petitioners, vs. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.

Outcome: Government delay in research application ended.

Description: After federal interference with American academic medicine and botanical research into medical marijuana, by refusing to act on a pending research permit application for more than three years, MAPS and researcher Lyle Craker successfully sued several federal agencies including the DEA to force action on the application. The litigation continues, but federal refusal to even consider the issue was defeated.