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DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Spike, Arrests Fall in 2019

NORML

According to figures published in the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Statistical Report , the agency and its law enforcement partners confiscated an estimated four million marijuana plants in 2019 – up from 2.8 It was the second-lowest number of arrests reported by the DEA in the past decade.

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

Cannabis Law Report

State-level marijuana legalization has left the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with far fewer samples of seized illicit cannabis to analyze, a study led by a top marijuana investigator for the federal government says. Read the full report at .

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DEA Report Shows Marijuana Arrests And Seizures Up In 2020

SpeedWeed

The annual DEA report also shows that federal law enforcement officers made nearly 5,000 cannabis-related arrests in 2020, a year wracked by the social and economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nationwide, agents seized more than $41 million in assets related to the DEA’s marijuana eradication efforts in 2020.

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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

Cannabis Law Report

WASHINGTON – DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced the publication of the 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment, which outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs. Press Release. 2019-NDTA-final-01-14-2020_Low_Web-DIR-007-20_2019.

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NORML: DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

Cannabis Law Report

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 Law enforcement also reported making 6,606 marijuana-related arrests, a 25 percent increase over the prior year’s totals (when agents reported 4,992 arrests). million plants were confiscated).

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Chacruna: Ayahuasca FOIA Requests Reveal Increased Ayahuasca Seizures, Lack of Due Process and Government Secrecy

Cannabis Law Report

The Initiative anticipated a two-part process: first, seeking open records disclosures from the government to understand how it views and handles ayahuasca; and second, pursuing the legal recognition of the CEC as a legitimate ayahuasca church founded in the United States based on indigenous beliefs. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”).

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Harvard Law Review: Patents on Psychedelics: The Next Legal Battlefront of Drug Development

Cannabis Law Report

This Essay analyzes the ethical, legal, and social implications of patenting these controversial substances. 640, 640 (2011). This Essay analyzes the ethical, legal, and social concerns raised by the growing trend of patenting psychedelic therapies, which has recently become a topic of considerable debate. Ketamine , 41 J.