DiogenesTheWiser
Well-Known Member
I won't be around this site very much more after this, but thought I'd leave this link here.
Confessions of a DEA "propagandist" reveal what I've known for 30 years now. The Drug War is a success--successful not because the cops have eradicated drugs (because that was never the intention), but because the cops have thrown a bunch of people in jail and that's profitable. Think of who benefits from an active drug war: cops, cops, more cops, cops at all levels.
But also, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, drug testing labs, bailiffs, court reporters, janitors at court rooms, jailers, bail bondsmen, police administrators, cops, drug rehab industry, private prisons, county prisons, DARE, and cops. If weed were legal from coast to coast, what would all these people do for a living?? They're protecting their turf and their livelihoods. Taht's why most of the states will never allow rec weed.
Weed is the easiest drug to detect because it smells. And it's the hardest to hide when smuggling given its girth and volume. That's why weed is still mostly Public Enemy No. 1 in most of the Deep South and Midwest. States, and municipalities make lots of money on weed's illegality. Take Mississippi, for instance. at the state level, Weed is decriminalized, but most of the people sitting in municipal and county jails are there for small potatoes weed possession.
http://theantimedia.org/ex-dea-spokeswoman-weed-safe/?utm_source=br&utm_medium=repost&utm_campaign=brsep
Confessions of a DEA "propagandist" reveal what I've known for 30 years now. The Drug War is a success--successful not because the cops have eradicated drugs (because that was never the intention), but because the cops have thrown a bunch of people in jail and that's profitable. Think of who benefits from an active drug war: cops, cops, more cops, cops at all levels.
But also, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, drug testing labs, bailiffs, court reporters, janitors at court rooms, jailers, bail bondsmen, police administrators, cops, drug rehab industry, private prisons, county prisons, DARE, and cops. If weed were legal from coast to coast, what would all these people do for a living?? They're protecting their turf and their livelihoods. Taht's why most of the states will never allow rec weed.
Weed is the easiest drug to detect because it smells. And it's the hardest to hide when smuggling given its girth and volume. That's why weed is still mostly Public Enemy No. 1 in most of the Deep South and Midwest. States, and municipalities make lots of money on weed's illegality. Take Mississippi, for instance. at the state level, Weed is decriminalized, but most of the people sitting in municipal and county jails are there for small potatoes weed possession.
http://theantimedia.org/ex-dea-spokeswoman-weed-safe/?utm_source=br&utm_medium=repost&utm_campaign=brsep