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HHS Releases Unredacted Letter Confirming Agency’s Recommendation to DEA to Reclassify Marijuana to Schedule III

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The post HHS Releases Unredacted Letter Confirming Agency’s Recommendation to DEA to Reclassify Marijuana to Schedule III appeared first on NORML.

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DEA Reports More Marijuana Seizures, Fewer Arrests in 2022

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million cultivated marijuana plants in 2022. The post DEA Reports More Marijuana Seizures, Fewer Arrests in 2022 appeared first on NORML. Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized nearly 5.7 This is the highest annual seizure total reported by the agency since 2011.

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DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Spike, Arrests Fall in 2019

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Federal law enforcement agents and their partners made fewer marijuana-related arrests in 2019, but seized a far greater number of plants than they did the year before, according to annual data compiled by US Drug Enforcement Administration. It was the second-lowest number of arrests reported by the DEA in the past decade.

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DEA Announces Intent to License Marijuana Growing Applicants

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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. The post DEA Announces Intent to License Marijuana Growing Applicants appeared first on NORML.

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DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

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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 The post DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests appeared first on NORML. million plants via its domestic eradication program.

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

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“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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Court: DEA Must Explain Its Failure to Act Upon Pending Marijuana Cultivation Applications

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A federal court has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to respond to a lawsuit charging the agency with failing to move forward with a 2016 policy to expand the total number of federally licensed marijuana cultivators. “[This filing is] asking the court for an order compelling the DEA to process our application.

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