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The role and mission of the institute is to conduct research related to cannabis, including clinical research, biotechnologies, clinical studies, the efficacies of medical marijuana, and economic development associated with cannabis in Colorado, and to publicly disseminate the results of the research.
The ICR began at Colorado State University Pueblo in 2015 in response to the legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis use in Colorado. As the scene was rapidly emerging, our leaders saw a need to provide the citizenry of Colorado with scientific facts related to a wide- range of cannabis topics.
Collaboration between leaders in Pueblo-County government, local business, and CSU Pueblo faculty and administration resulted in Pueblo County funding cannabis research at CSU-Pueblo. CSU-Pueblo then advanced this to the state of Colorado, which provided for additional research funding in its annual budget, and the Institute of Cannabis Research at CSU Pueblo was born. In 2019, House Bill 19-1311 was passed, making the ICR the official Cannabis Research Institute of the State of Colorado with oversight by a state-appointed Governing Board. State funding is allocated from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund through the Colorado Department of Higher Education to support the ICR.
