Congressman Pushes Bill to Rename ATF Headquarters After Slain Agent Ariel Rios

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Congressman André Carson from Indiana hopes history repeats itself. The Congressman has introduced a bill to name ATF headquarters at 99 New York Avenue NE in Washington as the Ariel Rios Federal Building. ATF agent Rios, 28, was murdered by drug traffickers in Miami in 1982 while assigned to then Vice President George Bush’s…

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The DEA’s Opportunity to Legalize Hemp

By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The DEA announced recently a re-examination of the Schedule I classification of marijuana. This most restrictive classification is reserved for substances which have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Marijuana’s classification in the federal system is anomalous considering that 23 states have legalized it for medical purposes….

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