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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Why the new acting DEA chief might disappoint drug policy reformers 🌿Why the new acting DEA chief might disappoint drug policy reformers
As a US attorney, the new acting head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration enthusiastically enforced drug sentencing laws that contributed to racial disparities in the criminal justice system and the war on drugs.
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday named Chuck Rosenberg, the FBI director's chief of staff, to replace current DEA Chief Michele Leonhart, USA Today's Kevin Johnson reported. Leonhart is resigning following allegations that DEA agents in Colombia took part in sex parties funded in part by drug cartels.
But as US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Rosenberg unapologetically enforced mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine that contributed to the wide sentencing disparities between black and white Americans, as Emma Schwartz reported for US News:Leonhart has been a stark critic of drug policy reforms, previously saying she supportsmandatory minimum sentences that the Obama administration disavowed. Drug policy reformers were hoping her replacement would be friendlier...
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