By Tom Kenworthy | Think Progress
GOLDEN, Colorado — There’s a lot of things going to pot in this world of ours. Federal water won’t be one of them.
The federal Bureau of Reclamation, which provides water to 31 million people and 10 million acres of farmland in the West through the 600 dams and reservoirs it built since the early 1900’s, has made a major policy decision: Not a drop for marijuana.
The agency announced Tuesday that it will operate its facilities “in a manner consistent” with federal drug law that prohibits the growing of marijuana. Further, it said it will report any water district that provides water to cannabis growers to the Department of Justice. That dictum applies even to states like Colorado and Washington that have legalized recreational marijuana use.
