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Publications related to Cannabis, released from 1960 to 2017, were retrieved from the Scopus database using six search terms. The search term \u201cGenetics\u201d returned 53.4% of publications, while \u201cforensic genetics\u201d and \u201ctraceability\u201d represented 2.3% and 0.1% of the publications, respectively. However, 43.1% of the studies were not directly related to Cannabis and, in some cases, Cannabis was just used as an example in the text. A significant increase in publications was observed after 2001, with most of the publications coming from Europe, followed by North America. Although the term Cannabis was found in the title, abstract, or keywords of 1284 publications, we detected a historical gap in studies on Cannabis. We expect that increasing interest in this issue and the rise of new biotechnological advances will lead to the development of new studies. 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