Congressman Calls For DEA Chief's Removal After He Calls Medical Marijuana A 'Joke'

[L. Coyote]

Source: Mollie Reilly - The Huffington Post

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that acting Drug Enforcement Administration chief Chuck Rosenberg should be replaced after calling the notion of smoking marijuana for medical purposes a "joke."

"Rosenberg is clearly not the right fit for the DEA in this administration," Blumenauer said during a speech on the House floor Wednesday morning. ... "What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal -- because it's not," Rosenberg said. "We can have an intellectually honest debate about whether we should legalize something that is bad and dangerous, but don't call it medicine -- that is a joke."

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/earl-blumenauer-dea-chief_564ca653e4b06037734be861

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[The Wizard]

1. Practicing medicine without the

proper credentials is an indictable offense. Indict him and save the troublesome firing procedure.

[appal_jack]

4. Yes, exactly. k&r, nt

[jonno99]

2. wtf?! Ignorant & narrow-minded is no way to go through life. Can his sorry butt...nt

[Joanie Baloney]

3. Sounds like a perfect fit

For Ben Carson when his followers finally see the light. Carson + this Rosenburg dude = People who just don't get it.

-JB

[FlatBaroque]

5. I wonder who is forcing Obama to make these atrocious appointments

[Jesus Malverde]

7. Yep...nt

[RKP5637]

17. I often wonder about some of his decisions. Someone the other day said he

sometimes appears to be forced to make strange decisions for whatever reason.

[mountain grammy]

23. I know, right?

His predecessor, Michele Leonhart, was a holdover from the Bush administration, who famously publicly disagreed with her boss when Obama said marijuana was safer than alcohol. Now this one, ugh.

[mpcamb]

25. Just asking, but does the alcohol lobby have much strength?

The rationale for believing alcohol isn't so dangerous and mj is worse can be puritanical, legal, movie-based (hah!), fear-based, but not likely mortality-based, given the highway alcohol death toll.

[mountain grammy]

29. I think it's based more on reefer madness, ignorance,

and the influence of the drug companies.. just my opinion.

I attending a public meeting to speak in favor of a new dispensary application for a shop a few miles outside of my town. Our nearest dispensary is about 20 miles away. More against than for, and our county approved legal pot with a 60% vote. You'd never know it at that meeting. The exaggerations and outright lies told by the speakers against the shop were mind boggling. The few of us who spoke in favor tried to inject some rational studies and statistics, but in the end the application for the shop was denied.
One man, a retired Denver cop, told the gathering that crime would absolutely, positively skyrocket if this shop opens. Right now our crime rate in the county is almost nil and nearly everyone we know smokes, only now we're not criminals. Ooops, there goes the crime rate.. down.

[mpcamb]

30. Sorry for another aside but, who would you rather chase; teens and twenties high on pot or alcohol-

fueled guys in fast cars with poor judgement? I always figured this was part of the cop equation.
Sort of like J. Edgar Hoover saying there was no Mafia in the US..., and chasing former commies for his last 20 years in power. I mean, who shoots back at you?

[Archae]

6. Don't forget this is still an agency that lionizes Harry Anslinger.

One of the most racist demagogues to have been in a position of power.

[flying_wahini]

8. just signed the petition to throw his ass out.

n/t

[DirtyHippyBastard]

11. Link to the petition is here

https://www.change.org/p/obama-fire-dea-head-for-calling-medical-marijuana-a-joke

[Locrian]

14. thanks - signed - nt

[mpcamb]

26. me, too.

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My message:

Clearly many end-of-life cancer victims gain relief from this substance and this person doesn't acknowledge it. Throw his worthless ass out of office tonight!

[RKP5637]

18. Thanks!!! n/t

[Dustlawyer]

9. Medical marinuana works extremely well for many diseases

and conditions. It's BS they have to study further considering it has been used for century's. It has less harmful side effects than anything they give me for my condition. Too bad I can't use it because it's illegal here and as a patient I get drug tested like a criminal.

This idiot has to go!

[bemildred]

10. I suppose admitting you've been throwing sick people in jail for it all these years is difficult ...

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

12. Chuck, I know Mary Jane. Mary Jane is a friend of mine. Chuck, you're a moron.

[jonno99]

21. ^^THIS^^!!! nt

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

27. You just aged yourself!

And I appreciate it!

[jonno99]

31. My pleasure!

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

13. We can't have an intellectually honest debate because

the government fought for years against having intellectually honest studies.
So Rosenberg's position is just an opinion, not based on scientific facts.

[blackspade]

15. Chuck Rosenberg is the fucking joke.

How exactly is it "bad and dangerous?"
What a crock of bullshit.

[Scuba]

16. Yet another Obama betrayal.

[bemildred]

19. The DEA is the joke. What a waste of money and human life. nt

[RKP5637]

20. And another damn fool speaks from their butt!!! n/t

[librechik]

22. then why did a doctor give me a license to use it as medicine?

that guy is an ignorant idiot and should be replaced with someone who doesn't joke around with healthcare issues.

[mountain grammy]

24. I have a prescription!

and it works far better than the narcotics my regular doctor wants to prescribe.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

28. The dumb fuck knows nothing about cannabis other than watching "Reefer Madness".