As a LEO, I have never been called to a bar fight where everyone was smoking pot. Now there might be an issue at the 7-11 snack aisle, though.
I am relatively certain, that as an LEO, you would agree with me. Drain the swamp.
When one drains a swamp you don’t start by building a dam at the upper end. Why we fight the War on Drugs with prisons is just bizarre. Drain the swamp. Put the damn corrupt politicians in the prisons if you want but START AT THE BOTTOM. Get rid of the corrupt politicians if you insist on fighting the war. Fight it to win it. Then you can get rid if the dirty cops who let the drugs flow, then get rid of the distributors.
Personally, just legalize the damn things and move on to real problems, like our economy, the debt, etc. is my position. Continuing the “War on Drugs” and accomplishing nothing more than enriching corrupt banks and politicians while increasing violence is just irrationally suicidal.
[As a LEO, I have never been called to a bar fight where everyone was smoking pot. Now there might be an issue at the 7-11 snack aisle, though.]
I’m a Parole officer. My experience is the opposite, but I deal almost exclusively with pot/meth/coc/opi users. 90% of my caseload is example after example of all of the fun things that recreational drug use offers you.
Drugs and crime go hand in hand. It’s not some mystery.
I am fortunate to own two homes. Each has a neighbor I rarely see outdoors. One is a long-time millionaire-toker, who at 65, is now on oxygen.
The other is a renter-kid of 26, who came outside yesterday to ride his motorcycle through our tiny community park, to disappear again indoors and stink up the neighborhood with MJ smoke again. With 40 million Americans not working, I have to wonder if EBT cards account for America's sloth.