The Drug Warrior Trump Tapped To Lead The DEA
February 18, 2025
Terry Cole, a drug warrior who comes from a public safety administrator role in Virginia, is no friend to cannabis
Terry Cole, a drug warrior who comes from a public safety administrator role in Virginia, is no friend to cannabis
“The new acting DEA Administrator is a lifelong drug war hawk whose outdated attitudes toward cannabis are out of step with those of most Americans.”
“It is inconceivable that government agencies are unwilling to provide data.”
DEA personnel lack adequate training and often fail to properly document search-related activities
According to some lawmakers, the POTUS “has the opportunity to further reduce the harms of marijuana’s criminalization”
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Speaking of the “Magic Mushroom” chocolate bars in question, store management said, “[the DEA] … had done their own lab testing on the products and some … did not pass their standards.”
“The scientific evidence in favor of removing cannabis from Schedule I remains overwhelming.”
Many investors and researchers have been predicting a psychedelics boom, with MDMA being just the first of a number of psychedelics in the drug development pipeline.
