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It happens all the time — whenever he pauses to think of the futility of the war on drugs and the lives he says have been wasted. "We've been at this forever," he said. "It never worked."
As a broadening coalition pushes to legalize marijuana in Maryland this year, advocates have turned to Franklin to help sell the idea. A top official of the state's American Civil Liberties Union calls him "the linchpin" of the advocacy campaign.
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Mike Lewis will not recieve my vote based on this if he testifies. The war on drugs is essentially a War on the American people and it must stop. Many more people smoke pot than you think. We are more involved than you think.
Yes I will vote out someone that does not share my opinion on this. No matter how much I respect Mike Lewis I draw the line here.
I'm with you 9:52, this guy is being self serviant with no regard to the people of Maryland. He just wants the budget money to continue his imposition of morality on others.
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You know how much money the police stand to lose by legalizing drugs and not being able to seize cash, cars, and homes
There definitely is a need to restructure penalties for drug. Senseless to jail someone w/ a clean record for possession of a joint, dirty pipe, roach, etc. Can remember giving many a choice to dump it, get rid of it, etc. Often wondered how many appreciated the break and abstained later May be pie in the sky rationalization Plus it was a lot of paper work which would still be worked on when the "bad" guy was back out on the street.
Even though I never encountered law enforcement like you, I'll send respect and appreciation. More than half MD voters believe marijuana should be legalized, but you know Lewis will testify, or he's at risk of losing his little interdiction side hustle
Thank you for your humanity Jack, it wasn't me, but during those years it very well could have been. I had been approached by law enforcement Jack and appreciate the fact that they just told me to move on. I am not a crook!
10:42 don't worry after they legalize pot they'll make twinkies illegal so this way they can still take your care home money etc!
People are worried that if it marijuana were to become legal that kids would start doing more than they are now.
I ask you to consider this....
You son or daughter sleeps over a friends house for the weekend and gets loaded drunk. After they get over their hangover they return home. How can you tell they were drinking a couple of days ago ?
Now your son or daughter is out with friends and smoke some pot. Now that pot is in their system for about 30 days. At any time you can give them a 20 kit and have them take a test.
I kept my son in line because I kept a drug testing kit on top of my fridge in the kitchen on full display. My son knew that if smoked pot he has 30 to stress over the fact that I might test him at any time and he will not be able to hide it.
My point is you actually have more control over preventing your child from smoking pot than drinking. We all have seen or heard the horror stories about young people getting drunk and getting hurt.
There was a young lady who was found almost froze to death by passing out drunk outside her neighbors home and she is currently getting some amputations as a result of that.
I have seen good people who smoke pot have their lives ruined because of these laws and they were great contributing members of our community.
I respect Mike Lewis but it can not be denied that a lot of the new cars and equipment he got for his department came from Drug bust and that will really put a damper on their income.
His specialty has always been to catch drug smugglers and find their hiding spots in the cars they use. To take the need of those services away kinda diminishes the demand for his skills which he gets paid well to try and teach other law enforcement how to find drugs hidden in cars.
In the end it would hurt Mikes office budget and his personal income to legalize.
I do happen to partake of some 707 headband from time to time, but I go for a run, 6 minute miles, not to the twinkie cabinet
Mike would NOT lose any extra income from legalizing marijuana. His services would still be useful in conducting searches for cocaine, heroin, a number of other drugs and hidden compartments filled with US currency used to support networking drug cartels. Of course I would expect Mike to say that it is his job is to enforce the laws, for him to say otherwise would not be honoring his oath of office. The big money is in trafficking cocaine and heroin and any confiscation made would be big bucks for the county Sherriff's office. Might even make more because their efforts would be to focus on the harder drugs, rather than writing citations for pot possession with the only punishment being a simple fine, just not worth all the time spent in paperwork. Just as Mr. Richards said.
So marijuana smugglers don't get caught with cash or cars. I just read where in a single WA county, before legalization, the sheriff's office received more than $2 million in marijuana seizures during a single year. In a democracy, laws should reflect the will of voters. Voters never chose to make drugs illegal, and more than half now believe marijuana should be legal in MD.
Franklin is a disgrace.
"I have seen good people who smoke pot have their lives ruined because of these laws and they were great contributing members of our community".
This is without a doubt one of the dumbest statements that I have ever read. I hope you are on your way to Colorado.
The fact remains that pot is still illegal. You can not pick and choose which laws you want to follow. If it's "ok" for you to smoke pot why is it not "ok" for illegals to come here and work. Both are illegal and until it becomes illegal STOP doing it. If you don't like it being illegal do something to change it.
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