OFFICERS DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA

As a retired police officer with 18 years of experience, I can assure
you that my profession will have no problem enforcing a medical
marijuana law in Minnesota.

When the patient has a state-issued card, certifying that person as a
medical marijuana patient, the officer who comes in contact with that
patient and marijuana will simply not arrest, nor seize the marijuana.

This is the same concept that many states with concealed weapon permit
use; for example, if the possessor of the pistol has a permit, we let
them go. The possessor does not have a permit, we arrest them and
seize the weapon.

This is not rocket science.

The majority of officers do not want to chase sick people.

Howard J. Wooldridge,

Frederick, Md.

Wooldridge is a retired officer and the education specialist for LEAP,
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.