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Deconstructing Synthetic Marijuana Prosecutions, Jeffrey C. Grass Jd, Ms, Aclm
Deconstructing Synthetic Marijuana Prosecutions, Jeffrey C. Grass Jd, Ms, Aclm
Jeffrey C. Grass JD, MS, ACLM
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) implemented Project Synergy II, which began January 2014. Project Synergy II was coordinated by DEA’s Special Operations Division (SOD), working with the DEA Office of Diversion Control. As of today, more than 227 arrests have been made, and 416 search warrants served in 35 states, 49 cities and five countries, along with more than $51 million in cash and assets seized. These series of enforcement actions included retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. However, the manner in which the anti-synthetic marijuana laws have developed is so problematic and their retroactive enforcement so patently unfair that the criminal …