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How Police Departments Can Mend the Rift With the Public
... "The “war on drugs” is not working. In fact, it’s really a war on the
disenfranchised. Recreational marijuana use should be legalized
nationwide, and all nonviolent drug offenders should be released from
prison. Small-time dealers should no longer be penalized. Marijuana
arrests should not be a make-work program for corporate prisons, where
people of color are grossly overrepresented for such offenses,
engendering recidivism and mistrust of the system. Enforcement of
marijuana laws drains police resources that would be far better spent
investigating serious crimes. It’s no secret that this generally benign
plant was criminalized as a means of control. It is time for this to
end." ...
