LETTER OF THE WEEK

RETIRED COP SAYS "VOTE YES ON QUESTION 7"

By Howard J. Wooldridge

To the Editor,

As the debate takes place on October 17th, keep this in mind.

As an organization of hundreds of law enforcement professionals, we
support the Nevada effort to have the government, not criminals,
regulate marijuana. Marijuana prohibition reduces public safety.
Road officers in Nevada will spend about as much time searching for a
baggie of pot, as they do searching and arresting DUIs.
Detectives/narcs who bust those who sell adults an ounce of pot are
not at that moment searching for child molesters, rapists and those
breaking into our homes.

During my 18 years of police service I was dispatched to zero calls
generated by the use of marijuana. What else do you need to know
that pot use by adults in their home is not worth police time?

Officer Howard J. Wooldridge ( retired )

Education Specialist, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc )

Washington, DC

Pubdate - Thu, 19 Oct 2006

Source - Rebel Yell, The (NV Edu)

Referenced - http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1393/a07.html