Cops Aren't Worried About Marijuana, DEA's Own Report Finds

Local and state law enforcement nationwide sees weed as the least of its drug worries, a report from the Drug Enforcement Administration found — even as the DEA itself sees marijuana as a “growing concern.”

As part of the 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary, the DEA asked a sample of over 1,100 local and state law enforcement agencies what they perceived as their biggest drug threat. For the fifth year in a row, marijuana was ranked as the least of officers’ worries. Only 6 percent of respondents reported weed…