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.