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Cannabis

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts) Fri Apr 24, 2015, 12:28 AM Apr 2015

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-22/marijuana-activists-cheer-michele-leonhart-s-exit-from-the-dea

“Hopefully this is a sign that the Reefer Madness era is coming to an end at the DEA,” said Mason Tvert, the director on communications at the Marijuana Policy Project. “Michelle Leonhart has maintained an opinion about marijuana akin to the opinion people had back in the 30s.”