The DEA Wants To Increase Marijuana and Psychedelics Production For Research Next Year

The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing a massive increase in legal production of marijuana and psychedelics like psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, DMT and mescaline to be used in research next year. That’s on top of a big boost already made in 2021 for cannabis and psilocybin. A new study authored by a researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that medical marijuana laws “result in significant reductions in both violent and property crime rates, with larger effects in Mexican border states.” The federal official’s research also finds that existing studies of cannabis legalization’s impact have methodological errors that lead to “underestimation of crime reduction from ending marijuana prohibition.” Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Cranley, currently Cincinnati’s mayor, tweeted, “🍁 Legalize marijuana 💰 Invest the tax revenue back into our communities 🚧 Create 30,000 new jobs a year that pay at least $60k ⚡ Give Ohioans a cut of our e