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Litigation

Feb. 24, 2015

Former California federal judge, who once led DEA, signs onto anti-marijuana brief

A former Central District of California judge, one of nine former directors of the Drug Enforcement Administration to sign a brief supporting a challenge to Colorado's law legalizing marijuana, said federal anti-pot laws should prevail.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A former Central District of California judge, one of nine former directors of the Drug Enforcement Administration to sign a brief supporting a challenge to Colorado's law legalizing marijuana, said federal anti-pot laws should prevail on constitutional grounds.


Robert C. Bonner said the brief filed Thursday by all the ex-DEA officials goes further than arguments made by the states of Nebraska an...

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