By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com

The DEA is recommending an increase in the amount of marijuana grown for research while reducing the production of opioids.

The agency, which has long resisted research that could lead to the legalization of cannabis, wants to more than quintuple the amount of marijuana that can be grown for research, according to a DEA news release.

In an upcoming Federal Register filing, the amount of marijuana that could be produced for research would increase to about 5,400 pounds.

At the same time, the DEA wants to reduce the production of six types opioids by 10% over the next year.

It would be the third time the DEA has imposed limits on the amount of opioids made in the U.S.