Former DEA chief propagandist says the agency knows marijuana is safe … but it’s the agency’s ‘cash cow’ for more funding

‘Confirming what many people have long suspected, a former top DEA representative has admitted that the agency knows marijuana is not dangerous, but continues to deny this in order to make money.
Belita Nelson told a group of doctors and nurses at the Marijuana for Medical Professionals Conference in Denver that the DEA’s philosophy was: “Marijuana is safe, we know it is safe. It’s our cash cow and we will never give up.”
After catching the agency’s attention through her mission to help heroin addicts in her community get treatment by setting up a nonprofit, Nelson served as an international media representative for the DEA from 1998 to 2004, eventually becoming their chief propagandist.’
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