MARIJUANA PROHIBITION REDUCES PUBLIC SAFETY

As a retired police officer, I know something about the issue of
marijuana prohibition. Mr. Petryni's article did a fine rehash of
the pros and cons but he left out a huge area of consideration;
namely the reduction in public safety caused by the prohibition. In
my 18 years as a cop, I was sent to zero calls for service generated
by the use of marijuana. My colleagues spend millions of hours
chasing adult pot smokers which leaves a lot less time to arrest
drunk drivers and child predators. No question from a police
perspective, the prohibition of cannabis reduces public safety.

Officer Howard J. Wooldridge (retired)