- A pharma company that spent $500,000 trying to keep pot illegal just got DEA approval for synthetic marijuana https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/24/a-pharma-company-that-spent-500000-trying-to-keep-pot-illegal-just-got-dea-approval-for-synthetic-marijuana/?utm_term=.9c66e1945c29 204 comments politics