I dunno, I think the war against cannabis is ridiculous. They are pouring money into this hole and they are never going to get it back. Marijuana WILL be legalized, and they are too ignorant to see that the money they are spending on enforcing the prohibition could be used to fight serious crimes like the manufacturing and distribution of hard drugs such as crystal meth, or cocaine.
The DEA for example could have easily allocated money to other tasks such as meth and coke, but cannabis is widely available, and is cultivated in tens of thousands of gardens throughout the country. They go after pot because of said availability-- too increase the publics perception of their productivity.
Lots of grows to bust = Lots of media coverage for the DEA = lots of people think they actually have a job they are doing = they stick around and continue to play these games. It's a media circle jerk.
The DEA also has no jurisdictional morals, they raid our medical clinics, and harass people who are medical patients, and they don't care. California has voted for be a cannabis-friendly state, and the federal government has no interest in letting us keep things the way WE want them. If the federal government doesn't care what we vote for, then why should we have faith in any government?
The topic of what cops and DEA SHOULD or COULD be doing sparks up various issues, sorry for the rant.
-GrowTech