JOIN L.E.A.P.

I was sorry to hear of the Santa Rosa County sheriff's plane crashing
and am glad to hear the occupants are recovering. But this leads me to
ask, why is the Sheriff's Office still wasting valuable grant dollars
by using aircraft, flying around in the sky all day, looking for
marijuana plants?

Any law enforcement officer with integrity will acknowledge that no
matter how many illegal plants they discover and uproot, there's no
one in Santa Rosa - or anywhere else - who wants marijuana, that can't
get it.

Meanwhile, valuable resources are wasted on paying officers to take
helicopter rides.

Fortunately, there's a growing group of hundreds of law enforcement
officers and judges who know the right answer is to end the silliness
of criminalizing responsible adult marijuana use. They have organized
as a group called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).

Isn't it about time more officers join the 21st century and stop
ripping off the public by supposedly attempting to make Florida
"marijuana-free," when everyone who isn't a paid drug warrior realizes
what a scam they're pulling?

Stephen Heath

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Florida Office, Clearwater