[Mariner]

"When you work in the public-safety industry, you're impacted by this all the time," said Jim Gerhardt, vice president of the Colorado Drug Investigators Association. "We're seeing it. The firefighters are seeing it. The hospitals are seeing it. But the general public can be apathetic."

Poor Jim is a Luddite who sees his livelihood going up in smoke.

And that's the principal reason LEO is opposed to Marijuana Legalization. It detracts from their ability to "derive revenue" while using your dog for target practice.

[Lurker]

And without the war on (some) drugs old Jim would have to get a real job in the private sector without a fat taxpayer guaranteed pension.