The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has agreed to increase the amount of marijuana allowed to be grown for research purposes by over 500% in 2019 compared to 2018.

According to a soon-to-be-filed post on the Federal Register, the DEA is increasing the amount of marijuana legally cultivated for research from around 1,000 pounds in 2018, to nearly 5,500 pounds in 2019. This marks a 550% increase.

On the contrary, the DEA announced in a press release today a “significant opioid manufacturing reduction in 2019”

“The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year”, states the press release. “Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan” that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills by one-third within three years,” the proposal decreases manufacturing quotas for the six most frequently misused opioids for 2019 by an average ten percent as compared to the 2018 amount.”

The change comes a month and a half after President Trump nominted White House attorney Uttam Dhillon as the new head of the DEA.