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Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to

loosen federal marijuana restrictions

By JoSHUA G0oDMAn and
JiM MUSTiAn
Associated Press
In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration head-
quarters known as the 12th-floor
“bubble,” chief Anne Milgram
made an unusual request of top
deputies summoned in March for
what she called the “Marijuana
Meeting”: Nobody could take
notes.
Over the next half hour, she broke
the news that the Biden administra-
tion would soon be issuing a long-
awaited order reclassifying pot as
a less-dangerous drug, a major hur-
dle toward federal legalization that
DEA has long resisted.
And Milgram went on to reveal an-
other twist, according to two peo-
ple familiar with the private meet-
ing who spoke to The Associated
Press on condition of anonymity,
that the process normally steered
by the DEA had been taken over
by the U.S. Justice Department and
the action would not be signed by
her but by Attorney General Mer-
rick Garland.

Continued on Page 2 An indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif., is seen, Aug. 15, 2019. Associated Press
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