Hypocrisy abounds. That last sentence counters the fact that cannabis is grown and processed on the campus of the University of Mississippi and then sold by the federal government. 

Researchers can't get anything from the 46-year-old Marijuana Research Project at Ole Miss unless the Drug Enforcement Administration gives the go-ahead. A panel on which the National Institute on Drug Abuse is represented often must sign off too. Some prominent researchers complain approval is unreasonably tough for scientists whose work aims to find beneficial uses for the drug.