DEA Says Feds Should Grow 1000 Pounds of Marijuana in 2017

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) just made a big decision on marijuana.

While it’s not the much-anticipated determination of whether cannabis should be rescheduled under the Controlled Substances Act, the new action could provide a hint about how DEA will rule on marijuana’s federal classification in a decision that is expected soon.

In 2017, licensed cultivators should produce 472,000 grams of marijuana to meet the “estimated medical, scientific, research and industrial needs of the United States,” Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg wrote in a notice scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Friday.

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