Pubdate: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 Source: Seattle Times (WA) Copyright: 2013 The Seattle Times Company Contact: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/409 Page: B4 FORMER DEA AGENT JOINS POT INVESTORS A Portland agent of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has left his position to join a Seattle firm that invests in the marijuana industry. Ten-year DEA veteran Patrick Moen made the jump to Privateer Holdings last month, The Oregonian reported. The 36-year-old lawyer spent his career busting up trafficking rings for drugs such as methamphetamine and Ecstasy. And he acknowledges that some of his former DEA colleagues are less than enthusiastic about his career choice. He will help the firm with state and federal compliance issues. Moen is the second DEA agent with Oregon ties to make the move to the pot industry. Paul Schmidt, who until 2010 served as the highest-ranking DEA agent in Oregon, works as a medical marijuana business consultant. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt