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TRUE OR FALSE? The federal government grows cannabis, and it wants to sell you some.

True.

But before you go asking for some OG Uncle Sam at your local dispensary, hang tight. It won’t be worth your time.

Last month, the good people at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (or NIDA, if you’re nasty) updated their “pot menu,” a list of cannabis strains that are grown at the University of Mississippi. This weed is only available to researchers with a special permit, and there’s almost no chance you’re getting one.

Okay, provided you do get one of those permitsโ€”and again, good luckโ€”prepare to lower your expectations. Lower. No… lower.

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Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.