Production will be high, so to speak, at the nation's only federally sanctioned marijuana farm this year. The National Institute on Drug Abuse has requested 1,400 pounds of pot for research this year, up from the 46 pounds required annually from 2010 to 2013, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The 12-acre farm at the University of Mississippi in Oxford has held the NIDA contract for supplying research-grade marijuana since 1968. The stash at Ole Miss is the only source of cannabis for medical research, and scientists must have Drug Enforcement Administration and Food and Drug Administration approval on all projects.