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Marijuana smuggling smoked under Trump, down 80 percent

By Paul Bedard

Published March 21, 2019 12:10pm ET

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Marijuana smuggling smoked under Trump, down 80 percent — In this Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 photo, border patrol agents use a drug sniffing dog to check vehicles at California's Pine Valley checkpoint, on the main route from Arizona to San Diego. | (Elliott Spagat/AP)

Marijuana smuggling over the border since President Trump took office has been greatly slashed, according to a new analysis.

Since the end of the Obama administration, border seizures of marijuana have plummeted 80 percent.

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