Marijuana Activists Cheer Michele Leonhart's Exit from the DEA
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michelle Leonhart testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee about the ATF's FY2016 budget in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 12, 2015 in Washington, DC. Leonhart and the heads of the U.S. Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation testified about funding requests and budget justifications.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesDrug Enforcement Agency chair Michele Leonhart was done in by her agents’ unsanctioned, cartel-funded sex parties in Colombia, but it’s marijuana legalization advocates who are excited to see her go.
“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.”