DEA Accidentally Argues for Marijuana Legalization

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Press Release: DEA's Senate Testimony Shows Legalizing Marijuana Would Hurt Cartels

Posted by LEAP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2010

CONTACT: Tom Angell - (202) 557-4979 or media//at//leap//dot//cc

 

DEA's Senate Testimony Shows Legalizing Marijuana Would Hurt Cartels

 

Pro-Legalization Police Group Supports California Ballot Measure

 

WASHINGTON, DC -- A group of police officers, judges and prosecutors who support legalizing marijuana is pointing to new congressional testimony from the FBI and DEA as evidence that the government's marijuana prohibition policy actually helps -- not hurts -- drug cartels.

 

Appearing before the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, representatives for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration testified last Wednesday that "marijuana is the top revenue generator for Mexican [cartels]—a cash crop that finances corruption and the carnage of violence year after year. The profits derived from marijuana trafficking—an industry with minimal overhead costs, controlled entirely by the traffickers—are used not only to finance other drug enterprises by Mexico’s poly-drug cartels, but also to pay recurring 'business' expenses, purchase weapons, and bribe corrupt officials."

 

The pro-legalization police group, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), believes that if California voters approve the marijuana legalization initiative on this November's ballot the Mexican drug cartels will lose a huge source of revenue.

 

"By legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana, California voters can ensure that the Mexican drug cartels who control the currently-illegal market will no longer be able to fund a bloody drug war with profits from marijuana sales to Californians," said Russ Jones, a LEAP speaker and former San Jose narcotics detective who is just one of dozens of California law enforcers actively supporting the initiative. "As a cop, I saw how prohibition doesn't prevent anyone from using marijuana but instead allows murderous gangsters and thugs to collect huge riches, just like during alcohol prohibition. It's time to put these criminals out of business with legalization and control."

 

The full FBI/DEA testimony can be read at http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress10/perkins050510.htm.

 

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) is an international organization representing police, prosecutors, judges, FBI/DEA agents and others who want to legalize and regulate drugs after fighting on the front lines of the "war on drugs" and learning firsthand that prohibition only serves to worsen addiction and violence. More info at http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com.

 

Source: http://copssaylegalize.blogspot.com/2010/0...-testimony.html

[bbud666]

awsome.. lets hope it happens.. if america does it our govt would definately follow i reckon..and its looking promising in the uk as well so maybe theres somthin big goin on..

maybe theres hope after all...

[phreakah]

I wonder how long it would take most of the US politicians to realise what caused a flat battery in their car

Cause and effect.

It seems like California is on the right track, hopefully the rest should follow