Chuck Rosenberg, JD Biography
- Title:
- Former Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal — because it’s not… We can have an intellectually honest debate about whether we should legalize something that is bad and dangerous, but don’t call it medicine — that is a joke…
There are pieces of marijuana — extracts or constituents or component parts — that have great promise. But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana — which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana — it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine.”
Paula Reid and Stephanie Condon, “DEA Chief Says Smoking Marijuana as Medicine ‘Is a Joke,'” cbsnews.com, Nov. 4, 2015
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior counsel, Crowell & Moring
- Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 2015-2017
- Chief of Staff and counselor, FBI Director James Comey, 2013-2015
- Lawyer, private sector, 2007-2013
- Chief of Staff, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, 2007
- Interim US Attorney in the Southern District of Texas, 2005-2007
- Chief of Staff, FBI Deputy Attorney General James Comey, 2004-2005
- Counsel, FBI Director, 2002-2004
- Former legal analyst, NBC News
- Lawyer, Hunton and Williams law firm, 2000-2002
- Assistant US Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1994-2000
- Education:
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- JD, University of Virginia, 1990
- MPP, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- BA, Tufts University, 1982
- Other:
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- Born in Brooklyn, NY, on Sep. 10, 1960
- Born in Brooklyn, NY, on Sep. 10, 1960
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