NORML Opposes Obama’s Choice To Head Drug Enforcement Administration
the420times | Jul 22, 2010 | Comments 0
July 21, 2010 — Following Recent Raids, Medical Marijuana Advocacy Groups Call on President Obama to Withdraw Nomination of Michele Leonhart to be DEA Administrator.
NORML Opposes President Obama’s Pick To Head The Drug Enforcement Administration
July 21st, 2010 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a coalition of organizations supportive of medical marijuana patients and providers (see list of organizations below) are calling on President Obama to withdraw his nomination of Michele Leonhart to serve as administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Ms. Leonhart, who is currently the DEA’s acting-administrator, has not demonstrated that she is capable of leading the agency in a thoughtful manner at a time when fourteen states have enacted medical marijuana laws and science is increasingly confirming the therapeutic benefits of the substance.
Read the full press release at NORML.org.
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