DEA forced to kick its habits?

The Drug Enforcement Administration is likely the most corrupt agency in the entire federal government - and that says a lot.

The DEA has no objection to exploiting political changes to soothe its own inner turmoil. Only 2 days after President Obama's inauguration (which was before Attorney General Eric Holder could be confirmed), Bush holdovers in the DEA thought they could send a message by raiding a California medical marijuana dispensary. (Obama had pledged to halt these rogue raids.)

The raid was carried out despite the fact that medical marijuana is legal in California.

If I was the sheriff of that county, I would have had the DEA agents arrested on sight for interfering with lawful activity of California citizens.

After that episode, the DEA carried out more raids in the Golden State - without even notifying local police.

(This reportedly followed a Bush-appointed assistant U.S. Attorney's threat to file charges against public officials if they didn't pass their own laws against the dispensaries.)

But now the DEA's lucrative lawbreaking is all crashing down. The Obama administration said last week that these unlawful raids are about to screech to a halt as Bush droids in the DEA are replaced.

How long will this take? After bad habits have been permitted to pervade the DEA for years, it's hard to say. Remember, it's not just Bosh's stench that has to be cleaned up. The Clinton years were also unfriendly to states' powers to legalize medical marijuana.

After a dozen years of federal tyranny on this matter, it's satisfying to see the return of local autonomy.

(Source: http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/white-house-dea-raids-medical-marijuana-states-will-stop)