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DEA Seizes 4M Marijuana Plants, Less Arrests in ’19

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Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) made far fewer cannabis-related arrests in 2019 than in previous years. Let’s take a closer look at what DEA data reveals. The DEA’s data also implies that cannabis seizures and weapon seizures went hand in hand, a testament to how seriously some illegal grow operations take their security.

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The Week in Weed: August 28, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Vermont is considering expungement and decriminalization. The DEA has a new hemp rule. Senator McConnell is promoting hemp face masks. Vermont decriminalized possession of up to 1 oz.

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The Week in Weed: September 4, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Medical marijuana will be on the ballot in Nebraska. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles. Governor Pete Ricketts recently declared that there is no such thing as medical marijuana. california.

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History of Marijuana in Mexico

Cannabis Law Report

Origin of marijuana in Mexico. From then on, the Mexican Indians began to cultivate hemp in their lands, initiating an extensive agriculture of marijuana plants in the territory. The beginnings of this herb start in the Himalayan mountain ranges, Asia, spreading to the whole planet. The Prohibition Era; 20th Century.

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The Week in Weed: January 17, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We’ll start off with Congress, where the House Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing on marijuana on Wednesday. This is in addition to another bill that would decriminalize marijuana , introduced in August.

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The Week in Weed: August 20, 2019

The Blunt Truth

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. A researcher filed suit against the DEA, claiming the cannabis she was required to use in her work was “sub-par.” In Utah, the state-run medical marijuana system may be on its way out.

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Cannabis regulations in Indiana

The Cannigma

A bill introduced in January 2022 to legalize cannabis failed , but the state is exploring regulating and decriminalizing delta-9 products and restricting delta-8 products in the 2022 fall session. The state once had a strong industrial hemp industry, but this was ended after the Marijuana Tax Act in 1937. Possible penalties.

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