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DEA Reports More Marijuana Seizures, Fewer Arrests in 2022

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

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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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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

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A federal court on Friday denied a petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to order the US Drug Enforcement Administration to begin licensing private entities that wish to cultivate cannabis. The agency in 2016 first announced its intent to license private entities to grow cannabis for FDA-approved clinical trials.

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Marijuana Moment Report: Head Of Federal Marijuana Farm’s Study Says Illegal Cannabis Seizures Have ‘Decreased Dramatically’ Amid Legalization Movement

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states,” the study, authored by Mahmoud ElSohly , who runs the nation’s only federally authorized cannabis cultivation facility at the University of Mississippi, found.

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Studies Dispel the Myth That Cannabis is a Performance Enhancing Drug

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In 2011, two WADA scientists stimulated debate by implying that cannabis can bolster athletic performance; a paper was composed by the scientist duo. Only one supplier, the University of Mississippi , has been given the go-ahead to cultivate cannabis for research purposes. . In late 2020, the new regulations were finalized.

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Jamaican Lion: The Industry’s First Comprehensive Cannabis Reference Genome

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Cultivators will also be able to embark on a brand new era of intelligent breeding destined to change the way cannabis is grown, sold and consumed,” said Kevin McKernan, chief science officer for Medicinal Genomics. MGC was the first to sequence the cannabis genome with its sequencing of the Chemdawg cultivar in 2011.

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International Cannabis Brand Cookies Debuts New SKUs in Washington State Through Partnership with Edgemont Group

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Cookies , founded in 2008 by Berner (the prolific Bay Area rapper and entrepreneur) and his partner Jai (a Bay Area breeder and cultivator) is more than a premier cannabis company, it is an authentic brand with passionate fans all over the world. Edgemont Group’s mission is to liberate the plant and establish a legacy company.