Critical Comments From the Head of the DEA Highlight Marijuana's Biggest Challenge

Is the idea of medical marijuana providing benefits to patients a "joke"? According to DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg it is.

Marijuana legalization has witnessed explosive expansion over the past decade, but November has been a pretty tumultuous month for the illicit drug thus far.

Marijuana's topsy-turvy November
Earlier this month marijuana legalization failed miserably when put to a vote in Ohio. Issue 3, which would have legalized medical and recreational marijuana in Ohio, was voted down by a nearly two to one margin. Most of the blame in Ohio likely goes to the way the bill was constructed -- it would have given 10 grow farms a veritable oligopoly within the state -- but it still represents a resounding defeat at a time when support for marijuana has surged to its highest level on record in most national polls.

However, just days after Issue 3's epic failure, presidential candidate...

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