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Ex-DEA heads: Feds should nullify state pot laws

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Peter Bensinger, a former Drug Enforcement Administration chief under Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, is one of eight former DEA chiefs who say the federal government needs to act now or it might lose the chance to nullify Colorado and Washington's laws legalizing recreational marijuana use. They plan to issue joint statements Tuesday, March 5, 2013, saying the Obama administration has reacted too slowly and should immediately sue to force the states to rescind the legislation.

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Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs say the federal government needs to act now or it might lose the chance to nullify Colorado and Washington’s laws legalizing recreational marijuana use. The onetime DEA heads plan to issue joint statements Tuesday. “If they don’t act now, these laws will be fully implemented in a matter of months,” said Peter Bensinger.