News (Media Awareness Project) - US WI: PUB LTE: Pot Crimes Consume Time, Effort, Money |
| Title: | US WI: PUB LTE: Pot Crimes Consume Time, Effort, Money |
| Published On: | 2010-02-03 |
| Source: | Wisconsin State Journal (WI) |
| Fetched On: | 2010-04-02 13:06:40 |
POT CRIMES CONSUME TIME, EFFORT, MONEY
In Friday's guest column about budget cuts and prosecutor positions,
Mary T. Wagner asks which crimes we should ignore.
The obvious choice: Those related to pot.
How much do we spend on arresting, prosecuting and jailing kids over
pot? And to what end? To export jobs and money from local farmers to
Mexican drug lords.
- - Jim Blair, Madison
In Friday's guest column about budget cuts and prosecutor positions,
Mary T. Wagner asks which crimes we should ignore.
The obvious choice: Those related to pot.
How much do we spend on arresting, prosecuting and jailing kids over
pot? And to what end? To export jobs and money from local farmers to
Mexican drug lords.
- - Jim Blair, Madison
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