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The DEA Just Got Scolded Over Its Marijuana Eradication Program

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) got a slap on the wrist from a federal watchdog agency over its management of a multi-million dollar marijuana eradication program. But due to inadequate record keeping, the DEA doesn’t really know if that money is serving its purpose. each year to help them get rid of illegal cannabis grows.

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

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This article reviews the insights gained to date from the government’s disclosures, or lack thereof, to the Initiative’s public records requests. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”). Discover the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas. Customs Border Patrol (“CBP”) and U.S. Department of the Navy , 562 U.S. 562 [2011]).

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Dr. Sunil Aggarwal Files Formal Petition With DEA Challenging Psilocybin Scheduling

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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) this week challenging the government’s Schedule I classification of psilocybin, the main psychoactive component of psychedelic mushrooms. Read full article. Seattle Doctor Files DEA Petition To Reschedule Psilocybin For Medical Use. Marijuana Moment.

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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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DEA Seeks to Increase Quota of Cannabis and Psilocybin for Research Purposes

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The DEA published a new document in the Federal Register on September 2 requesting an increase in production for certain Schedule I and Schedule II substances so that it can initiate more research studies. . DEA firmly believes in supporting regulated research of schedule I controlled substances. View original article.

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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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New DEA Report Says Border Seizures of Mexican Weed Have Fallen By 80 Percent

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Well, the DEA just released its 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment, and the report is full of stats on the United States’ most popular illegal addictions, new trends in intoxicants, and foreign trade — a.k.a. The US sourced 92 percent of its heroin from Mexico in 2019, according to product analyzed by a DEA tracing program.

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