Barack Obama critisised by DEA

Last week Michele Leonhart, head of DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) had to say that she did not agree at all with the words of Barack Obama: 

''I don't think it (marijuana) is more dangerous than alcohol''.

Here are the words of Massachusetts Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson who attended the meeting:

''She’s frustrated for the same reasons we are. She said she felt the administration didn’t understand the science enough to make those statements. She was particularly frustrated with the fact that, according to her, the White House participated in a softball game with a pro-legalization group….But she said her lowest point in 33 years in the DEA was when she learned they’d flown a hemp flag over the Capitol on July 4. The sheriffs were all shocked. This is the first time in 28 years I’ve ever heard anyone in her position be this candid.''

As we can remember from 2012,  Leonhart famously declined to say whether marijuana was more or less dangerous than crack, heroin, or methamphetamine (which is actually less restricted), repeating the mantra that “all illegal drugs are bad.”

Michele Leonhart is now in charge of the DEA and was of course Obama’s pick for this job after he became president of the United States. He surely knew what he was getting, since she had been running the agency as acting administrator since November 2007 and had served as its deputy administrator before that.

After this announcement the MPP (Marijuana Policy Project) wanted to determine exactly who is right and who is wrong. These are the words of the MPP’s director of Federal Policies - Dan Riffle:

''Whether Ms. Leonhart is ignorant of the facts or intentionally disregarding them, she is clearly unfit for her current position. By any objective measure, marijuana is less harmful than alcohol to the consumer and society. It is irresponsible and unacceptable for a government official charged with enforcing our drug laws to deny the facts surrounding the nation’s two most popular recreational drugs.''

- We can easily see that Dan Riffle is sustaining Barack Obama's point of view.

Source: www.Forbes.com, www.Bostonherald.com