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.
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