Steve Cohen: “This has been an interesting discussion. I want to join Chairman Wolf in commending the DEA agents who have lost their…”

“This has been an interesting discussion. I want to join Chairman Wolf in commending the DEA agents who have lost their lives, most of which I am sure lost their lives way before sequestration and whose lives would have been lost--they are good men and women, but it is not because we didn't give them enough money. When we are cutting other areas of the government and we just saw legal services getting cut by $15 million, why are we giving DEA $35 million more? They just did a book here, ``The Dangers and Consequences of Marijuana Abuse.'' I don't know how many of these were published, but it is almost a comic book when you read it. They go so far as to have a section--and I love pets, I miss my cat, and I miss my dog--but they have a section that pets are also at risk. More dogs are being poisoned by marijuana. They are really going to the bottom line, to try to find some rationalization for their work that they are protecting pets, and these pets are in areas where marijuana is not legal. They also have a section in here about other consequences of marijuana use, and that is where they get the pet section. Then they have this section here, and they have this whole area about somebody breaking in and stealing cash from a marijuana dispensary and saying it is a problem. Well, sure, it is a problem, just like people break into liquor stores and rob them.…”