Pubdate: Wed, 21 May 2014
Source: Washington Times (DC)
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FEDERAL WATER BECOMES LATEST DISPUTE WITH LEGAL-POT STATES

SPOKANE - The U.S. Interior Department said Tuesday it doesn't want
federal irrigation water being used to grow marijuana in Washington,
Colorado or anywhere else.

But the practical effects of the policy remain unclear.

The Bureau of Reclamation said it would only refer any violations to
the Justice Department, and it seems unlikely that Justice would
target irrigation districts for supplying water when it's not going
after people for actually growing pot.

"We're not an investigative agency. We're an agency that provides
water to irrigation districts," said Dan DuBray, a spokesman for the
Bureau of Reclamation in Washington, D.C. "The limit of our proactive
stance is that if asked, we're not approving it, and if we become
aware of it, we report it."
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