Lyle Craker

Lyle E. Craker was a Professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1] Since 2001, Craker has been trying to obtain a permit from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to grow marijuana for research purposes.[2] He died in May 2022.[3][4]

Education

In 1963, Craker received a B.S. degree in agronomy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1967 he received a Ph.D. in agronomy and plant genetics with a specialty in plant physiology from the University of Minnesota. In 1976 he received an associate degree in business administration from Massachusetts Bay Community College.[1]

Marijuana studies

Craker is known for proposing that medical grade marijuana be available for scientific studies into its possible health benefits. Since the marijuana available for studies is too weak for any kind of medical study, he proposed that medical grade marijuanna be made available for research purposes. He has been named in many newspapers on this subject. The federal government refuses to give him a license to grow medical grade marijuana. On April 29, 2009, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry wrote a letter to the Honorable David W. Ogden urging the Deputy Attorney General to delay a final decision on the application by Lyle E. Craker of the University of Massachusetts Amherst to produce research-grade marijuana for use in federally approved clinical trials[5][2][6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Lyle E. Craker". University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  2. ^ a b Kaufman, Marc (2005-12-12). "Federal Marijuana Monopoly Challenged; Researchers Want to Grow More Plants and Find More Medicinal Uses". The Washington Post. p. A2. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  3. ^ "Remembering Lyle Craker, Stockbridge Professor Emeritus of Medicinal Plants | Stockbridge School of Agriculture". stockbridge.cns.umass.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  4. ^ "Lyle Cracker Obituary (1941 – 2022) – Amherst, MA". Westvirginia News. 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  5. ^ "Letter to Deputy Attorney General Ogden" (PDF). 2009-04-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-18.
  6. ^ "Dr. Lyle Craker fights for his right to grow Cannabis Sativa". International Society for Horticultural Science. 2008-04-22.
  7. ^ "Feds Deny Professor's Pot-For-Research Bid". NBC Washington. 2009-01-12.


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