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In a letter to Elon Musk, the chairman of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for an end to raids by the DEA and CBP on state-legal cannabis businesses.
“These arrests and seizures unnecessarily drain federal resources. DOGE should recommend that (Department of Justice) and (Department of Homeland Security) conserve resources by deprioritizing costly arrests and other enforcement actions targeting marijuana activity, at least where the activity is legal in the jurisdiction where it occurred.” — Warren, in the letter, 1/23/25
In the letter, Warren says the U.S. government could save “hundreds of millions of dollars each year by reducing wasteful spending on unnecessary federal enforcement actions and detention,” and notes that “almost half of states have legalized recreational marijuana, yet federal arrests for marijuana possession account for roughly a quarter of all drug possession arrests, even though federal sentences for marijuana possession are rare.”
The Letter
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