DEA Chief Admits ‘Heroin Is Clearly More Dangerous Than Marijuana’
DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg.
Chuck Rosenberg, head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), says that “heroin is clearly more dangerous than marijuana”, the first sitting DEA chief to admit what most people have known for years.
The comment was made by Rosenberg during a conference with reporters on Wednesday morning. Rosenberg was clarifying comments he made last week, when he said that cannabis is “probably not” as dangerous as heroin.
Although most people understand that heroin is far more dangerous than the non-lethal cannabis plant, federal law still finds the two substances in the same category, with both being Schedule 1 controlled substances.
The comments are a direct departure from those of former DEA chief Michele Leonhart, who refused to answer whether cannabis is safer than heroin when pressed by lawmakers during a congressional hearing.
Although Rosenberg says he wants the DEA to enforce federal cannabis laws, he says that the agency should focus on “the most important cases in their jurisdictions”, which is typically “heroin, opioids, meth and cocaine, in roughly that order, and marijuana tends to come in at the back of the pack.”
Rosenberg was selected to head the DEA by President Obama in May.
– TheJointBlog
Rachel
I personally feel that marijuana should be legal the government can tax it however they want they are the government and it would pull our economy out of this recession and medically it could help so many people
Ken Davidson
I agree with Rachel, marijuana should be legalized for a number of reasons. One, it can be taxed to provide additional funding to the government and two, lesser problems because people will have easier access to cannabis.