Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2016 or the MEDS Act
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to:
establish, with respect to marijuana research, a new federal registration process that is separate from the process for research involving other schedule I drugs; establish a process for registering persons to manufacture or distribute marijuana for purposes of either research or the commercial production of certain approved drugs containing or derived from marijuana; and modify other requirements related to marijuana research and production.