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Unlike most politicians who felt the need to go through their bucket list before today’s automaticbudget cuts kick in, MMJ dispensaries can actually view the sequester as an achievement.
According to a report from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, the Drug Enforcement Administration stands to lose $166 million from its current $2.02 billion staffing and appropriation budget.
With such a dramatic reduction in budget, there’sreason to believe that the DEA might finally stop wasting resources on medical marijuana considered legal by governing states.
In addition to the DEA’s spending reduction, the historically pointless War on Drugs is set to suffer budget cuts throughout the board:
DOD’s Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities budget of $1.6 billion will be reduced by $157 million
DOJ’s Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement budget of $528 million will be reduced by $43 million
The DEA Diversion Control Fee Account budget of $335 million will be reduced by $25 million
The Office of National Drug Control Policy budget of $25 million will be reduced by $2 million
The High-intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program budget of $239 million will be reduced by $20 million
“Other Federal Drug Control Programs,” with a total budget of $100 million, will undergo $8 million in cuts
– Oscar Pascual
