98% OF ALL MARIJUANA PLANTS SEIZED IS NON- PSYCHOACTIVE HEMP

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NORML -  More than 98 percent of all of the marijuana plants seized by
law enforcement in the United States is feral hemp not cultivated
cannabis, according to newly released data by the Drug Enforcement
Administration's Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program and
the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics.

According to the data, of the estimated 223 million marijuana plants
destroyed by law enforcement in 2005, approximately 219 million were
classified as "ditchweed," a term the agency uses to define "wild,
scattered marijuana plants [with] no evidence of planting, fertilizing,
or tending." Unlike cultivated marijuana, feral hemp contains virtually
no detectable levels of THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis, and
does not contribute to the black market marijuana trade.

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