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Article: California, Arizona police get federal outlet for drugs: To bypass new state laws, DEA will handle disposal.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 31, 1996
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Attorney General Janet Reno said yesterday the federal government will "adopt" seizures of marijuana and other illegal drugs by California and Arizona police stymied by new state laws permitting their medical use.
"We have urged state and local officials . . . to pursue these cases and to make arrests, because the [federal] law is still on the books" and drugs are "unlawful in these states," she said at a news conference on administration strategy.
Talking about the administration's response to medical marijuana initiatives passed last month in the two states, Miss Reno promised to help local enforcement officials in cases in which medical approval is ...