DEA Wants 3.2 Million Grams Of Marijuana Legally Grown In 2020
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants 3,200,000 grams of marijuana to be legally grown in the U.S. next year, the agency announced in a notice set to be published on Thursday.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The proposal is part of DEA’s annual quota for the manufacture of controlled substances “to provide for the estimated medical, scientific, research, and industrial needs of the United States, lawful export requirements, and the establishment and maintenance of reserve stocks.”
- “This will meet the need created by the increase in the amount of approved research involving marijuana,” DEA said in a press release.
- The increase comes as DEA is taking steps to license additional growers of cannabis to be used for research.
