Report: DEA Chief Rips Obama’s Pot Remarks

Published January 27, 2014 12:09pm ET



The head of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is now openly criticizing Barack Obama for his recent comments over the question of marijuana legalization, according to multiple reports.

The Boston Herald reports it has sources who heard DEA chief Michele Leonhart “slam” Obama at last week’s National Sheriffs’ Association winter meeting in Washington. The Herald reports the sheriffs in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Kern County, California, both reported that Leonhart was critical of the president’s claim that marijuana’s affects are no different than alcohol’s. Here’s an excerpt:

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