Florida's Domestic Marijuana Eradication Program

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| dates = 1981–present

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• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Drug Enforcement Administration

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| type = multi-agency law enforcement task force

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• Law enforcement
• marijuana eradication

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• Federal
• Florida

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| website = [https://www.fdacs.gov/Business-Services/Domestic-Marijuana-Eradication Domestic Marijuana Eradication Program]

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Florida's Domestic Marijuana Eradication Program (FL DME), is a multi-agency state and federal law enforcement program founded in 1981, jointly managed by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to provide funding for local law enforcement agencies’ efforts to eradicate illegal cannabis cultivation and trafficking in Florida.{{cite web |url=https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/53938/PooreJason.pdf?sequence=3 |title=Ideal State Level Marijuana Investigation & Eradication Program Design |first=Jason |last=Poore |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Platteville |date=July 7, 2011 |accessdate=2022-01-09}}{{Cite news|url= https://www.wuft.org/news/2013/03/13/marijuana-eradication-program-uncovering-statewide-drug-growth/|title=Marijuana eradication program uncovering statewide drug growth|author=Ben Bornstein|date=March 13, 2013|work=WUFT|access-date=2022-01-09|language=en}}

The program, formed in 1981,{{Cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/217441041/|title=Report: Law agencies destroyed $92 million of marijuana in 1990|author=|date=May 31, 1991|work=Fort Myers News-Press |access-date=2022-01-09|language=en}} includes the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, and 45 sheriff's and police departments across Florida.{{Cite news|url= https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/business/2016/09/14/more-than-55-million-worth/7012319007/|title=More than $55 million worth of marijuana destroyed in Florida in 2015|author=|date=September 14, 2016|work=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=2022-01-09|language=en}}