... citizens to report crimes, be witnesses, and believe testimony of the police when serving on juries. The continuous fight against marijuana causes law enforcement to alienate minority youths and communities. Chasing after pot smokers also diverts resources from pursuing predatory criminals ("Perils of Pot Prohibition" 2010). McNamara is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group started by retired ... ...

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... way I do when we have to take someone in just for having a little baggy of dope, I don't think it is right and it's wasting a lot of our time and money chasing nonviolent criminals while other criminals roam the streets. " YPD officer Cortez (2014). "Because relatively few illicit drug offenders commit violent and property crimes and because criminal activity more often precedes ... ...

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... market could be diminished and abusers of the drug could seek help instead of having to live in shame and secrecy. The war on drugs is accomplishing as much by chasing around marijuana users as a fire fighter would be by trying to put out a forest fire with one fire truck. If it is fought back in one place, it pops up ... ...

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... drugs. And according to the state department, several more billion dollars have already been allocated for the war on drugs in 1999. The IRS wastes the taxpayer's time and money chasing suspected drug dealers rather than attending to the affairs of the ordinary taxpayer. As a component of president Nixon's war on drugs - the IRS spent 12 million dollars targeting 1,011 suspected ... ...

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