According To DEA Data Do You Know Which State Grows The Most Illegal Cannabis ?

You might think it’s California,but actually it is …….. According to recently published DEA data about illegal grows it is Kentucky, where both recreational and medical marijuana are still illegal Pro Con.org reports …Kentucky grows more illicit marijuana plants per 100,000 people than any other state, according to DEA data analyzed by American Addiction Centers. In 2018, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) eradicated 418,076 cannabis plants in Kentucky, about 9,356 plants per 100,000 people. California, which legalized medical marijuana in 1996 and recreational marijuana in 2016, came in second place with 4,572 illegal cannabis plants per 100,000 people. The DEA confiscated over 1.8 million marijuana plants in the state last year. Massachusetts and Wyoming tied for last place with zero cultivated plants seized by the DEA in 2018. Wyoming has not legalized marijuana, but Massachusetts legalized medical marijuana in 2012 and adult-use (also called recreational) cannabis in 2016. Across the United States, the DEA seized 2.82 million cannabis plants in 2018, down from 3.38 million plants in 2017. Kentucky also earned first place in the number of destroyed illegal grow sites in the country. 15 grow sites per 100,000 people were destroyed in Kentucky, more than double the next-highest state, West Virginia (7.4…

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