The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants to more than double the amount of marijuana that can be legally manufactured for research in 2023—and it’s also seeking to significantly increase the quota for the production of psychedelics like psilocyn, LSD and mescaline.
In a notice set to be published in the Federal Register next week, DEA proposed growing about 6.7 million grams (or 14,770 pounds) of cannabis. The agency’s final marijuana quota for 2022 was 3.2 million grams, and it was two million grams for 2021.
Growing that much cannabis may be easier since DEA finally authorized additional manufacturers at the beginning of the year. Those approved cultivators are now able to apply for a contract to be federal marijuana suppliers for study purposes under the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
DEA has also been consistently increasing the production goals for psychedelics in recent years as more states and localities have enacted reform and interest in their therapeutic potential has boomed.
The proposed quota for psilocybin is the same in 2023 as it was this year, at 8,000 grams. But it’s looking to double the manufacturing of the other key ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms, psilocyn, from 4,000 to 8,000
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