Elizabeth Warren To Elon Musk: Cut Unnecessary Federal Cannabis Enforcement And Save Billions
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a detailed letter to Elon Musk, chair of the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with numerous suggestions for slashing federal spending.
Warren outlined proposals she said could save the federal government upwards of $2 trillion over the next decade. Among her recommendations was scaling back federal enforcement against marijuana users and businesses, which she called an example of “wasteful spending.”
“The United States could save hundreds of millions of dollars annually by cutting unnecessary federal enforcement actions and detention,” Warren wrote in the Thursday letter to the billionaire Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO.
Warren criticized federal agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for continuing to target legal marijuana businesses and seize cannabis plants. “These arrests and seizures unnecessarily drain …