There is a group call Law Enforcement against Prohibition (LEAP) that is saying they are an organization composed of current and former law enforcement and criminal justice officials and they are opposed to existing drug policies. They got together and sent a letter to the US Attorney General Eric Holder at the Department of Justice to petition him to hold the Obama administration responsible for its earlier campaign promise to respect individual state laws having to do with marijuana use. Natural News is sharing this information with us today. We all know that many dollars have been spent on the war on drugs and all of that has been a complete failure in fact it has led to more crime and more drug cartels. So what a novel idea that the federal government would not restrict access to a marijuana plant. It would help economically and socially to stop interfering with individual states who do want to accept marijuana and it cultivation.
Neil Franklin, Executive Director of LEAP said, “During his first term, President Obama really disappointed those of us who hoped he might follow through on his campaign pledges to respect state medical marijuana laws. Still I’m hopeful that in his second term he’ll realize the political opportunity that exists to do the right thing. Polls show 80 percent support for medical marijuana, and in Colorado marijuana legalization got more votes than the president did in this most recent election.”
LEAP is hoping that the administration will take their petition seriously and in the meantime they plan to continue raising awareness about how the war on drugs needlessly wastes taxpayer money and encourages violence. This war on drugs also incarcerates thousands of people every year into privately owned prison systems and these people are merely exercising their natural right to possess and use the substances of their choice without oppression. There are many drug abuse solutions that can help fix these problems.
Tony Ryan a 36 year veteran Denver Police lieutenant signed the petition and he said, “There’s nothing the federal government can do to force these states to arrest people for marijuana possession, but if it tries and succeeds in stopping the states from regulating and taxing marijuana sales, cartels and gangs will continue to make money selling marijuana to people on the illegal market. Plus, the states won’t be able to take in any new tax revenue to fund schools.”
It seems this group is stacked with officials and veterans that really know what is going on in the streets of this country. Perhaps we need to heed their message.
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