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Feds still waging war on weed in Oregon

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 09/24/2015 - 09:18

Portland, Ore. — Cannabis may be legal in Oregon, but police are still waging a war on weed.

A KGW investigation found the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is sending more than $750,000 to police in Oregon this year to snuff out pot operations.

“I think the DEA’s marijuana eradication program is a huge waste of federal taxpayer dollars,” Representative Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, told KGW.

“We have states like Oregon, Washington and Colorado that have legalized marijuana and then you’ve got the federal government trying to eradicate it,” said Lieu. “That doesn’t make any sense.”

“The DEA’s marijuana eradication program is a huge waste of federal taxpayer dollars”

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Congressman Lieu is pushing to get rid of the DEA’s $18 million marijuana eradication program.

In Oregon, the bulk of the anti-pot money is used for police to search for marijuana farms by...

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