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   <93719426-1aea-4b8b-abc8-5ab0c1602870@k13g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,   
    Steady Eddy  wrote:   
      
   > U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, "The DEA Position on Marijuana,"   
   > November 20, 2008.   
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   > The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is the federal agency   
   > responsible for enforcing America's drug laws.   
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   > This is not the marijuana of the 1970's; today's marijuana is far more   
   > powerful. Average THC [tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive   
   > substance found in the cannabis plant] levels of seized marijuana rose   
   > from less than one per cent in the mid-1970's to a national average of   
   > over eight per cent in 2004. And the potency of "B.C. Bud" [cannabis   
   > grown in British Columbia, Canada] is roughly twice the national   
   > average‹ranging from 15 per cent to as high as 25 per cent THC   
   > content.   
      
   And it *exactly* the persecution of the Mary Jane trade that caused the   
   increase potency, if it actually exists. Talk about fighting fire with   
   kerosene and pure oxygen.   
      
   But it's a religious quest. The more it doesn't work, the more effort is   
   put into it and many peoples *jobs* depend on the WOUOSD.   
      
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