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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Put the ‘Pot’ in Potomac: The nation’s capital becomes perfect stage for cannabis activists 🌿Put the ‘Pot’ in Potomac: The nation’s capital becomes perfect stage for cannabis activists
The nation’s capital has become a dramatic tableau for cannabis activists, a perfect venue. Some have come to express displeasure with the Drug Enforcement Administration, citing acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, who recently called medical cannabis a “joke.”
Those who use it in one form or another — including a Navy vet with PTSD and parents of ailing children — will deliver a petition Friday to the federal agency, bearing some 90,000 signatures and demanding that Mr. Rosenberg either step down or be fired for his remark. Rep. Earl Blumenauer agrees with them.
Six other lawmakers agree with the Oregon Democrat; the group has sent a letter to President Obama suggesting Mr. Rosenberg is not the “right person” for the job of administrator.
What caused the ruckus? Here’s what Mr. Rosenberg — a former federal prosecutor — actually said during a recent press conference:
“What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal,...
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