The DEA should never have become the agency that normalized marijuana

Published July 30, 2026 12:54pm ET | Updated July 30, 2026 12:54pm ET



Every visitor entering the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Arlington, Virginia, encounters two powerful reminders of why the agency exists.

The first is impossible to ignore.

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