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Rep. Jared Polis mocks Colorado’s new DEA chief


Democratic Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado on Wednesday poked fun at his state’s new head drug enforcement agent, joking that the Drug Enforcement Agency’s new motto was “protecting America from mold and water damage.”

Barbra Roach, the chief of Denver’s Drug Enforcement Administration, recently told the Denver Post that medical marijuana was dangerous because it caused “mold and water damage” in the homes of people who grew it.

“That’s just a very strange thing to say,” Polis wrote on Facebook. “No doubt that some idiots have flooded their basements growing marijuana. No doubt that some idiots have flooded their basements growing tomatoes. I stained my tiles in my living room last year growing narcissus. Ok. So for this we need a federal cop busting people?”


“The fact that an opponent of medical marijuana uses arguments like ‘it causes water damage to homes’ shows how bankrupt that side is of facts,” he added.

Polis has previously called for an end to the war on drugs, proposing legislation to eliminate funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy and other bills.





http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/29/rep-jared-polis-mocks-colorados-new-top-dea-agent/