I had a conversation with some LEO’s this past weekend.
Pot is now legal where I live and they are happy about it. No more BS busts and time wasting paperwork for something they consider harmless. They noted that pot heads are easy to handle when they need to be taken in and laughed about it, cracking a joke saying “Just toss a bag of chocolate chip cookies in the back of the squad and they will follow it right in.” “No threat at all” they said. Many pot smokers these days are seniors and the LEO’s unanimously asserted they have no interest in rousting Granny for possession of a little weed. Meth, they said, is the real problem drug these days and recounted several anecdotes to substantiate that view.
This conversation occurred Saturday, August 3rd 2019 and involved local police and TSA officers.
“Pot is now legal where I live and they [LEOs] are happy about it. No more BS busts and time wasting paperwork for something they consider harmless.”
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Their department must not have been in on the drug war gravy train. Marijuana prohibition is a cash cow for those in the business of enforcing it - LEOs, prosecutors, politicians, etc.
Why do you think the dems never did squat to legalize when they had Congress and the WH under Obama? Even now in the bluest states, it’s like pulling teeth to get it legalized by their legislatures.