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Domestic Samples (State and Local Eradication)

Type of Cannabis
1
All Types
Marijuana
Sinsemilla

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1985

3.44%

745

7.95%

12

3.48%

767

2.19%

703

7.07%

40

2.22%

845

1986

2.75%

711

8.78%

14

2.80%

753

1.95%

661

8.16%

18

1.84%

803

1987

3.16%

1,110

8.29%

17

3.20%

1,147

2.46%

441

7.69%

26

2.38%

553

1988

3.62%

1,127

8.30%

29

3.70%

1,171

2.20%

513

7.33%

69

2.56%

651

1989

3.68%

725

7.13%

29

3.78%

761

1.71%

350

6.86%

57

2.00%

511

1990

3.78%

756

9.59%

16

3.82%

788

2.09%

352

10.29%

45

2.58%

475

1991

3.18%

1,498

11.20%

29

3.26%

1,564

2.90%

651

10.10%

46

2.57%

943

1992

3.09%

2,461

9.67%

33

3.16%

2,515

3.05%

875

7.72%

43

2.96%

1,025

1993

3.67%

1,994

4.64%

3.65%

2,010

2.83%

1,039

5.82%

118

2.75%

1,346

1994

3.76%

2,052

6.92%

10

3.75%

2,074

2.95%

980

7.55%

94

3.02%

1,210

1995

3.95%

3,730

9.64%

17

3.98%

3,747

2.55%

701

7.26%

147

2.92%

999

1996

4.41%

1,377

11.30%

22

4.51%

1,399

2.90%

767

8.94%

146

3.48%

1,029

1997

4.93%

1,313

12.02%

18

5.03%

1,331

3.34%

954

11.50%

104

3.99%

1,119

1998

4.73%

1,298

11.88%

37

4.93%

1,335

3.36%

778

12.58%

64

3.75%

922

1999

4.36%

1,749

13.49%

55

4.63%

1,804

3.76%

691

13.31%

81

4.43%

833

2000

5.10%

1,861

12.87%

62

5.35%

1,923

3.96%

1,057

12.72%

51

4.10%

1,185

2001

5.77%

1,587

12.05%

95

6.13%

1,682

3.58%

805

7.86%

140

3.97%

1,009

2002

5.66%

1,380

14.41%

302

7.23%

1,682

3.27%

409

7.29%

226

4.29%

703

2003

5.62%

1,516

14.00%

347

7.18%

1,863

2.38%

377

7.21%

191

3.67%

625

2004

6.17%

1,418

14.06%

485

8.18%

1,903

2.55%

395

7.67%

246

4.20%

694

2005

5.92%

1,608

13.04%

681

8.04%

2,289

2.25%

354

7.78%

250

4.21%

656

2006

6.49%

1,409

13.59%

668

8.77%

2,077

1.99%

362

6.81%

364

4.15%

775

2007

7.19%

1,303

13.40%

833

9.61%

2,136

1.92%

340

7.21%

503

4.86%

883

2008

7.16%

1,054

13.08%

943

9.95%

1,997

1.82%

302

7.53%

370

4.84%

701

2009

7.13%

12.36%

1043

9.77%

2,069

2.43%

435

7.37%

490

4.89%

962

2010

6.68%

1,026
893

12.80%

1,363

10.38%

2,256

2.79%

290

11.84%

97

4.89%

405

2011

5.60%

722

13.64%

1,615

11.16%

2,337

2012

6.13%

543

14.56%

1,509

12.33%

2,052

2013 4

6.74%

136

14.51%

412

12.58%

548

No data -- beginning in 2011, no domestic samples w ere tested.

1
The category "All Types" of cannabis tested includes ditchw eed and a small number of Thai sticks.
2
3
4

These percentages, indicating potency, are based on simple arithmetic means calculated by dividing the sum of the delta-9THC
concentrations
ofsamples
each sample
by the
ofinseizures
and are not normalized by w eight of seizure.
Number
of tested
that yield
thenumber
potency
prior column.

Data for 2013 are preliminary.

Source:
University of Mississippi, National Center for Natural Products Research, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Quarterly Report #124,
Potency Monitoring Program (March 21, 2014) for data from 1995 to 2013; Quarterly Report 107 (January 12, 2010) for data from 1985 to 1994.

National Drug Control Strategy Data Supplement 2014

Year

Non-Domestic Samples (Federal Seizures)

Type of Cannabis
1
All Types
Marijuana
Sinsemilla

84

Table 70. Potency of Tested Cannabis from Federal Seizure and State and Local Eradication Samples, by Type, 19852012
(Percent Delta-9 THC Concentrations1 and Number of Samples Tested)