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marijuana possession
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT

Analyses: Drug Interdiction Efforts at US Borders Typically Yield Only Small Quantities of Marijuana

  • by NORML
  • Posted on June 21, 2022June 21, 2022

Drug interdiction efforts along the US border often involve the seizure of small quantities of marijuana and no other substances, according to a pair of recently issued reports.

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Marijuana Decriminalization
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT

DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

  • by NORML
  • Posted on June 16, 2022June 16, 2022

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.

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Hemp Field
  • FDA

Analysis: ‘Government-Grade’ Marijuana More Closely Resembles Hemp, Has Little in Common with Commercially Available Cannabis

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Scientists reported: “Our results clearly demonstrate that NIDA cannabis samples are substantially genetically different from most commercially available drug-type strains and share a genetic affinity with hemp samples in several of the analyses.”

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Marijuana Justice Scales
  • Courts

Federal Marijuana Trafficking Convictions Have Fallen Dramatically Following Enactment of Statewide Legalization Laws

  • by NORML
  • Posted on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021

Just over 1,000 people were sentenced federally in 2020 for violating marijuana trafficking laws. That’s down 67 percent since 2016, and over 80 percent since 2012 – when Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize and regulate the adult-use marijuana market.

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Marijuana Leaves
  • Medical Marijuana

DEA Announces Intent to License Marijuana Growing Applicants

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on May 24, 2021May 24, 2021

The DEA’s website did not provide a timeline as to when it anticipates finalizing the applicants’ grow authorizations or when it plans to take actions on the dozens of remaining applications that are still pending before the agency.

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Marijuana Plant Seizures
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT

DEA Report: Marijuana Seizures at Southern Border Have Fallen Significantly Following Passage of Statewide Legalization Laws

  • by NORML
  • Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

“In US markets, Mexican marijuana has largely been supplanted by domestic-produced marijuana. … CBP marijuana seizures along the SWB have decreased more than 81 percent since 2013,”

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About Marijuana
  • Research

Senate Passes Bill Authorizing Attorney General to Increase Number of Federally Licensed Cannabis Providers

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on December 16, 2020December 16, 2020

For over five decades, federal regulators have only authorized a single licensee – the University of Mississippi – to cultivate cannabis plants for use in FDA-approved clinical studies.

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