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DEA Will Begin Granting Marijuana Cultivation Licenses

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The Drug Enforcement Administration made a milestone announcement earlier this month with the news that the DEA will begin granting marijuana cultivation licenses to various third-party applicants, significantly expanding medical and scientific cannabis research in the United States.

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The DEA Is Finally About to End the Federal Monopoly on Research Cannabis Cultivators

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After years of delays, legal challenges, and obfuscation, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) finally announced that it would begin evaluating applications for federally-licensed research cannabis cultivators. . In 2019, a federal judge forced the DEA to explain its inaction.

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DEA Report Shows Marijuana Arrests And Seizures Up In 2020

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Drug Enforcement Agency shows that federal law enforcement agents and their state and local partners seized more than 4.5 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.

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

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According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5 billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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DEA finally ends fed monopoly on schwaggy research-grade cannabis

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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) quietly made an announcement that’s expected to have a profound and long-lasting impact on cannabis research and development in the United States. Leafly’s Ben Adlin documented the shockingly poor quality in this 2017 article : Smoking 25% THC, studying 8% THC. DEA finally relents.

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US Federal Court Rejects Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI) Lawsuit Vs DEA

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A federal court dismissed a lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Friday after determining that the agency had fulfilled a requirement to process applications for research-grade marijuana manufacturers. Read the full article at [link].

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5 billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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