Why do thousands of cops are against the war on drugs?

Question

COPS SAY LEGALIZE DRUGS!
ASK US WHY
After nearly four decades of fueling the U.S. policy of a war on drugs with over a trillion tax dollars and 37 million arrests for nonviolent drug offenses, our confined population has quadrupled making building prisons the fastest growing industry in the United States. More than 2.2 million of our citizens are currently incarcerated and every year we arrest an additional 1.9 million more guaranteeing those prisons will be bursting at their seams. Every year we choose to continue this war will cost U.S. taxpayers another 69 billion dollars. Despite all the lives we have destroyed and all the money so ill spent, today illicit drugs are cheaper, more potent, and far easier to get than they were 35 years ago at the beginning of the war on drugs. Meanwhile, people continue dying in our streets while drug barons and terrorists continue to grow richer than ever before. We would suggest that this scenario must be the very definition of a failed public polic

LEAP Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Answer 1

The War on Drugs is a farce and always has been. It serves one purpose. That purpose is funding for numerous state, local and federal agencies which are dedicated to it. I do not advocate the use of drugs, but prohibition has been proved to be useless time and again. It did not work with alcohol in the 20's and it is not working with drugs since the 70's. However, do not expect it to go away anytime soon, because everyone from the criminals to the government are making too much money from it.

Answer 2

The War on Drugs is a failure because prohibition doesn't work. Drug use in our country is viewed as a failure of moral character rather than what it actually is, which is a public health issue. Marijuana is our nation's number one cash crop, grossing around $115 billion per year (untaxed, mind you) and yet we are still pumping $40 billion a year to pursue and prosecute marijuana users. If marijuana prohibition was replaced with a system of regulation and taxation similar to what we know with alcohol, it would generate those billions plus more for our nation. It would also help generate funds to treat addictions to other dangerous drugs like meth, heroin, and cocaine. The government needs to start seeing drug use as a public health problem and not a failure of moral fiber.

Answer 3

I also found it interesting to discover an organization of law enforcement that is against the drug war.

Unfortunately, we have "educated" our children to respond in certain ways to the word, "drug," rather than learning what drugs are, how they affect us, and how to make choices regarding their usage.

There is no solid evidence on the long-term effects of regular, light marijuana use. Why? Because there's no funding for research.

But I strongly feel that smoking a couple of doobies a day (which I don't do, because it's illegal) is less harmful than excessive coffee (which I do, because it's legal and fun).

Answer 4

Start executing drug dealers and distributors, you solve two problems. Get rid of the dealers, no drugs. no drugs = no users = less prisoners. If this is a war, treat it like one. Drugs are killing our people. Lets kill those responsible.

Answer 5

Being tough on drugs look good on politicians. And the j, religion fanatics, fall for it. I am not in favor of drug, but we can't stop stupid people from using them.

Answer 6

Drugs are often the root of many other crimes. They are used by pimps to keep their addicted Tricks in line. They are used to sell to fund money for illegal weapons. They are often related to many domestic violent crimes.