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DEA Eliminates 48-Year-Old Monopoly on Research-Grade Marijuana, Clearing Pathway for FDA Approval and Rescheduling
Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced their intention to grant licenses to additional marijuana growers for research, thereby ending the DEA-imposed 48-year monopoly on federally legal marijuana. Since 1968, the University of Mississippi, under contract to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has maintained the only facility in the United States with federal permission to grow marijuana for research.
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48 years and the rednecks in Mississippi haven't produced a single result that has caused the DEA to reexamine their position. Something stinks in Mississippi, and it ain't just the people. This entire thing is just bullshit and the people involved need to be fired from their jobs. WE KNOW THE TRUTH!!! We don't need the DEA or a university's help. They are so far behind the times that they still believe weed makes white women want to have sex with black men. Maybe Mississippi wasn't the best choice of a research university for a product that has racial overtones.