>>>...They did have the authority, and he was properly deputized.
They did not have the authority to allow anyone, cops included to give drugs to anyone for their own use.
I will bet that if a cop gave anyone a controlled substance, they would go to jail just like this guy.
"They did not have the authority to allow anyone, cops included to give drugs to anyone for their own use."
The place where I work has legally produced marijuana for people to smoke for research purposes...under contract to the federal government.