- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Former Sheriff advocates legalization of pot
Posted on 2/28/14 at 1:06 am
Posted on 2/28/14 at 1:06 am
LINK
LEAP
quote:
But one law enforcement group is in Juneau this week advocating for the legalization of recreational marijuana, an issue Alaskans will decide with an August ballot initiative.
“Tax and regulate, that’s all we’re saying,” Lance Buchholtz, a 59-year-old retired sheriff from Wisconsin, told the Empire on Wednesday.
Buchholtz is scheduled to meet with six state legislators on behalf of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, an international nonprofit organization that calls for the end of the War on Drugs. Its members are primarily current and former police officers, prosecutors and judges who reject a blanket prohibition and propose a tightly regulated system to control the drug market.
quote:
“(Drug use,) it’s a medical issue, it’s a mental health issue, it’s a spiritual issue, it’s an issue for the communities and their families,” Buchholtz said. “It’s just not a cop issue, it’s not a law enforcement issue. We can’t arrest our way out of this problem.”
LEAP
quote:
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition is an international 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization of criminal justice professionals who bear personal witness to the wasteful futility and harms of our current drug policies.
Our experience on the front lines of the “war on drugs” has led us to call for a repeal of prohibition and its replacement with a tight system of legalized regulation, which will effectively cripple the violent cartels and street dealers who control the current illegal market.
Posted on 2/28/14 at 1:12 am to RogerTheShrubber
Nope.... not legit. He killed several dogs and even stopped someone just walking along a city street singing U2 songs and then tazed them. Does not have the right to advocate anything...
Posted on 2/28/14 at 1:16 am to RogerTheShrubber
quote:
Its members are primarily current and former police officers, prosecutors and judges who reject a blanket prohibition and propose a tightly regulated system to control the drug market.
Betcha they're anonymous as frick.
But good to see them come forward. Hopefully they'll be a key to solving the last hurdle to ending the WOD which is institutional inertia.
Posted on 2/28/14 at 8:31 am to RogerTheShrubber
This is the part that always makes me pause.
We really don't want to give the government anything else to tax or regulate. But making a plant illegal is ridiculous too.
I'm all for legalization but scared of the unintended consequences of government growth.
quote:
“Tax and regulate, t
We really don't want to give the government anything else to tax or regulate. But making a plant illegal is ridiculous too.
I'm all for legalization but scared of the unintended consequences of government growth.
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News