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September 6, 1988: After two hearings, DEA administrative law judge Francis Young recommends shifting marijuana to Schedule II so it can be prescribed as medicine. He says, "It would be unreasonable, arbitrar…

Oakland — The nation’s top narcotics watchdog, the Drug Enforcement Administration, has requested information about Oakland’s ordinance permitting large-scale medical pot growing facilities.
DEA Spokesman Rusty Payne said agents…

Oakland's plans for mega-medical marijuana growing gets attention of…Inside Bay AreaKaplan said the DEA told her that the agency is collecting information from other cities that allow medical marijuana in an attempt to review the patchwork …and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 21, 2010
Following Recent Raids, Medical Marijuana Advocacy Groups Call on President Obama to Withdraw Nomination of Michele Leonhart to be DEA Administrator

Obama’s DEA Head Must Follow Stated Medical Marijuana Policy, End Obstruction of Marijuana Research, and Base Marijuana Rescheduling on Science Rather than Ideology
CONTACT: Allen St. Pierre, Executive [...]

Federal agents raided at least three San Diego-area medical marijuana dispensaries today in the early morning hours. Sources say that Green Kross, Unified Collective and Kush Lounge were all served federal search warrants and were subjected to aggressive SWAT-style raids which resulted in the arrest of as many as 12 people and the seizure of [...]

Jodie Emery speaks to thousands at Vancouver's Cannabis/Canada Day Jodie Emery, wife of Marc Emery the "Prince of Pot", speaks to thousands of people at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Canada Day July 1st, 2010, known as "Cannabis Day". Marc is imprisoned in the USA for a 5-year sentence on charges of selling seeds, but [...]

Again, next time you hear or read about law enforcement or federal anti-drug agencies employing the claim ‘We don’t make the laws, we only enforce them’, please reference the below totally biased, paranoid, inaccurate and self-serving example from the Drug Enforcement Administration to counter such claims. Unlike the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), [...]