Oregon Recreational Sales Could Face DEA Scrutiny
Ryan Allway
October 1st, 2015
Policy, Top News
Oregon opened the doors to recreational marijuana on October 1st, enabling any adult over the age of 21 to possess and smoke marijuana, but a KGW investigation found that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has sent more than $750,000 to Oregon police this year to combat it.
According to the investigative report, the majority of the DEA’s money is used by police to search for marijuana farms by helicopter and then have agents pull out plants by hand. State records show that Oregon’s drug teams spent $275,000 for police overtime compared to $685,000 for use of a helicopter. When it comes to priorities, many cannabis advocates believe that the DEA and police department may have them confused.
The police department argues that these growing operations are more likely to be run by drug cartels rather than “mom and pop” farms, which means that they could be tied to more serious crimes related to drug trafficking. In 2014, the DEA says that raids were responsible for the removal of almost 5,000 weapons from cannabis cultivators, which could have been used to perpetrate more serious crimes such as murder or robberies.
The good news is that illegal pot growing operations are in decline – probably as the result of legalization – with only 16,067 cannabis plant destroyed in 2014 compared to more than 27,000 in 2012. Many drug traffickers have moved on to moving other types of illegal drugs, including heroin and meth. As a result, some police departments have decided to focus on different areas and divert funding, including people crimes like child abuse and sexual assaults.
Of course, the DEA’s ongoing presence in Oregon worries some cannabis advocates, since the state’s laws are clearly conflicted with federal laws. The possibility of the DEA’s funding being used to prosecute legal marijuana operations has some worried that the federal government may be tempted to overstep its bounds when it comes to state laws. While the Supremacy Clause may permit this, the government has thus far kept its distance.
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About Ryan Allway
Mr. Allway has over a decade of experience in the financial markets as both a private investor and financial journalist. He has been actively involved in the cannabis industry since its inception, covering public and private companies.
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