“The DEA doesn’t want the drug war to end,” said Nelson, when asked about a possible connection between the agency’s hatred of legal pot and its buddies in Sinaloa. “If it ends, they don’t get their toys and their budgets. Once it ends, they aren’t going to have the kind of influence in foreign government. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but where there’s smoke there’s probably fire.”

Perfect example of an agency that has grown into a cancer, looking out for its own interests instead of the interests of the citizens this agency is serving. If I break my leg, I will use a crutch to help me walk, but once my leg is better the crutch becomes a burden to me, and so I retire it until such a time that it is needed again. It would be ridiculous to walk around with two good legs and a crutch...