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DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

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The totals are the highest reported by the agency since 2011, when it reported making an estimated 8,500 marijuana-related arrests and seized some 6.7 million plants via its domestic eradication program. The post DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests appeared first on NORML.

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DEA Reports More Marijuana Seizures, Fewer Arrests in 2022

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This is the highest annual seizure total reported by the agency since 2011. Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized nearly 5.7 million cultivated marijuana plants in 2022. The post DEA Reports More Marijuana Seizures, Fewer Arrests in 2022 appeared first on NORML.

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Finding Rare Cannabinoids in Non-Cannabis Plants

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DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Spike, Arrests Fall in 2019

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In 2011, for instance, the DEA seized over 8.7 By contrast, marijuana-related marijuana arrests compiled by the DEA fell to 4,718 in 2019 – a decrease of 16 percent from 2018’s totals. It was the second-lowest number of arrests reported by the DEA in the past decade.

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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

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Drug and Alcohol Dependence found in 2011 that over half of surveyed NFL players used opioids during their careers, and a staggering 70% of those users abused the drugs. The NFL classifies cannabis as a banned substance and imposes extremely harsh fines and suspensions on players who test positive for cannabis.

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The Truth About Smoking Marijuana and Lung Health

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Much to the naysayers’ chagrin, a new study addressing the relationship between lung function and smoking marijuana was published in the January 2011 edition of one our nation’s most prestigious medical journals: the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Effects of Smoking Marijuana and Lung Health: What the Science Says.

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Cannabis and Biotech Board Chair Arrested for Securities Fraud

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He was board chairman at Arch from 2013 to 2018 and OncoSec from 2011 to 2020. According to the government, Dhillon concealed from regulators his ownership of millions of shares in Arch Therapeutics Inc. and OncoSec Medical Inc., two microcap biotech firms.