DEA chief, on smoking weed: ‘Don’t call it medicine’

By Ricardo Baca, The Cannabist Staff

The acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday called the concept of smokable medical marijuana “a joke” — and he also implored, “don’t call it medicine.”

In his black-and-white assessment of medical cannabis, DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg also contradicted one of the most important and thorough evaluations of marijuana’s medical applications —