COPS LOVE POT... ENFORCEMENT

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So the Canadian Association of Police Boards denounced the legalization of
illicit drugs, including marijuana. Not much of a surprise really.
According to the federal auditor general's report last year, the federal
government alone spent $500 million on prohibition.

Also, according to Statistics Canada there are 56,020 police officers in
Canada. Let's assume that $100 million goes to lawyers and courts and the
rest goes to the police. That leaves about $8000 a year for each officer.
Assuming an average wage of $50,000, this means 16 percent of each police
officer's paycheque derives from drug prohibition.

Without prohibition we could do without 20 per cent of those police
officers and we could hire more doctors, nurses and teachers instead.

When you hear organizations such as the Canadian Association of Police
Boards denounced the legalization of illicit drugs, keep in mind there is a
big conflict of interest and that they are primarily looking after their own.

Chuck Beyer