DEA Promises Enforcement of Marijuana Laws, Will Fight Legalization

By Tim Paynter, Technorati - Monday, November 22 2010

Acting Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Michele Leonhart promised to oppose legalization of Medical Marijuana (MMJ) and step up enforcement in states where MMJ has been made legal under state laws, if she were made Director of the DEA.

The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Leonhart about MMJ laws.

“I’m a big fan of the DEA,” said Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama. Then he asked Leonhart if she would fight the legalization of MMJ.

“I have seen what marijuana use has done to young people, I have seen the abuse, I have seen what it’s done to families. It’s bad,” Leonhart said. “If confirmed as administrator, we would continue to enforce the federal drug laws.”

“These legalization efforts sound good to people,” Sessions quipped. “They say, ‘We could just end the problem of drugs if we could just make it legal.’ But any country that’s tried that, Alaska and other places have tried it, have failed. It does not work,” Sessions said.

Then Sessions asked point blank: “We need people who are willing to say that. Are you willing to say that?”

“Yes, I’ve said that, senator. You’re absolutely correct, the social costs from drug abuse, especially from marijuana,” Leonhart agreed “Legalizers say it will help the Mexican cartel situation; it won’t. It will allow states to balance budgets; it won’t. No one is looking (at) the social costs of legalizing drugs.”

Democratic Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin grilled Leonhart about her position on changes in regulations for the administration of prescription drugs in nursing homes which were handed down during the Bush Administration. The new regulations are complicated and time consuming to comply with.

"The time that it takes for a nursing home to comply with the DEA’s new enforcement policy can be an eternity to an elderly patient who is in agonizing pain.” Stated Kohl.

This is not the first time Acting Director Leonhart has heard complaints about the complicated regulatory scheme. Kohl met with Leonhart in early May of 2010 after she promised a swift resolution to the problem.

“You told me you also would address the problem swiftly,” Kohl said. “In August, I requested joint comments from DEA and DHHS on draft legislation that I prepared and submitted to you to facilitate more timely access to pain medication for ailing nursing home residents. I received no response. It appears the DEA is putting paperwork before pain relief,” Kohl said.

“We don’t take lightly our responsibility to not only prevent aversion and do our regulatory business” Leonhart replied. “But we’re very concerned about those patients in need. That’s why in the interim, while we’re finding long-term solutions, we’ve come up with a few short-term solutions and policy statements. We need to do more.”

The DEA has been criticized for paying lip service to Congressional requests to solve the problem. Leonhart’s assurances of “slow progress” were not encouraging. She rose in the ranks of the DEA through the Bush Administration which encouraged heightened scrutiny of drug administration in nursing homes.

“I would like to see much more progress made on this issue before you are confirmed,” Kohl’s said curtly.

Overall, Leonhart appeared to have made a favorable impression on the Committee. If she keeps her promise she could put significant pressure on states that have legalized MMJ clinics and perhaps challenge state laws allowing MMJ in contravention to federal drug possession laws. Meanwhile, until the DEA makes changes in the administration of medications in nursing homes, patients may suffer eternal pain.

- Article from Technorati.

 

*finishes cutting up weed*


......Looks like they sure got me to stop....

 

But......but...but, i have weed to smoke

 

get to the chopper..

 

I'm gonna get really loaded on weed, go home, corner my wife and tell her what's really up. and who's in charge.........................this burger from wendy's, shits off the hook son, large and in charge, and everyone needs to know.

 

this bitch can go get a histarectamy

 

put a cannabis banana in the dea's tailpipe..

 

And yet the police and DEA are largely responsible for tearing families apart in many cases and ruining people's lives. Granted, yes, there are people for whom marijuana, the drug itself, does get in the way of their lives, but that's why people should use it responsibly and marijuana is a soft drug.

Huh?

 

you see them ads on late night?..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc_pGpH-04o&feature=pyv&ad=3901240183&kw=criminology%20school&gclid=CIDk6Lv1taUCFUdN4Aoda2MvZA

where you think all these assholes are going to go to work at? . hummm What preschool crossing guards>?, Fuck No.. Agencies like the DEA thats where... These businesses are trying to stay in business ....

Like anything else.. There isnt anything healthy about the role in society that terroristic law enforcement practices bring..

They could honestly careless.. They would storm a house on Christmas Eve full of children to bust someone with a single joint. Meanwhile 10s of 1000's of people will be driving on the interstate under the influence of alcohol during the holiday season > some of them will be law enforcement officers and some of them will commit DUI - may even cause death/ Certainly there may even be a cover up..... but as long they got to destroy a family over a joint. They could careless one their own officers killed 20 people in a collision while DUI..... See Marijauana will make the front page, and this story will be buried like usual..

Pennsylvania Police Officer Charged With DUI Accident While Not Be Charged With Leaving Scene of Accident

Published 1, September 23, 2010

In Pennsylvania, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala (shown here)has made a controversial decision not to charge a Kennedy Township police officer with leaving the scene of a crime after he allegedly drove drunk and hit a man — leaving him critically injured. Zappala announced that, because Frank Caliguiri eventually came back, he will not be charged with leaving the scene. What is astonishing is that this is not the only such case recently against an officer in this area.

Caliguiri’s blood alcohol content was reportedly 0.126 percent at the time of the accident. The legal limit is 0.08 percent. The announcement was made all the more controversial by the fact that the victim Justin McFadden, 22, had brain surgery just last week.


And yeah this is where Im from and I actually went to school for business and criminology : But I didnt see what the point was continuing? Honestly I couldnt become a police officer cause I smoke the cannabis.... geezze... Thats a good rule you got there.. Might wanna explain that to the chief of police where I live that has asked me a number of times to put in an application: in fact ill probable see him thankgiving dinner @ the VFW.. Ill be so high.. :love:
Oh I embellished a little..

Off duty police officer kills 20 in DUI collision....


Wouldnt matter if it was 120 school kids on buses or in a play ground..

They protect their own PERIOD1..

 

whattt. that "District Attorney" outta lose his job..

 

hes a regular piece of all day shit.. I was in a fist fight in the same courthouse, it appears that in a court room full of DA's and public defenders nobody seen a thing.. thats all good though I havent forgotten.... :afro:

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