Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is pushing Elon Musk, chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to look at "reducing wasteful spending on unnecessary federal enforcement actions and detention," including marijuana possession and raids on marijuana dispensaries.
The senator noted that while ~25% of all federal drug possession arrests are for marijuana, sentences are rare. She added that nearly half of the states have legalized cannabis for recreational purposes. Currently, recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states and 39 for medical use.
"These arrests and seizures unnecessarily drain federal resources," Warren wrote in a Jan. 23 letter. "DOGE should recommend that DOJ and DHS conserve resources by deprioritizing costly arrests and other enforcement actions targeting marijuana activity, at least where the activity is legal in the jurisdiction where it occurred."
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