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DEA Officials Ratchet Up Pressure on Obama to Denounce Marijuana Legalization Measures
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A group of former DEA chiefs is renewing a campaign to urge the Obama administration to publicly oppose marijuana-legalization ballot measures in Oregon, Washington and Colorado, the Seattle Times reports. The group is incensed that the Justice Department has not responded to a Sept. 7 letting requesting a public denouncement of the…