Apologizing for Writing Bad Drug Laws

Former Capitol Hill staffer Eric Sterling discusses the negative effects that drug laws he wrote are having on families and society. Eric is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), which any citizen can join for free at http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com

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[abyschan]

Man, I feel like crap for getting 'high honors' in the DARE program my school ran. They gave me a medal and everything. :(

The girl mentioned at the end is probably SO PROUD that she destroyed the lives of her SUPER SUCCESSFUL PARENTS just because of an organization that rewards you with plastic medals and useless certificates of achievement.

[KINGxKENNEDY]

i was recently arrested for poss of marijuanna of 2 grams, and i was the passanger in a traffic stop and now i'm going to jail leaving two kids that need there father and a woman husbanbless due to poorly witten marijuanna laws..

[StinkyKnobcheese]

When the drug addicts pay me back the $20+k in theft and property damage they have caused me, I will support lighter sentences. Until then, fuck them, they can rot in jail. Not surprisingly, not a single druggo has ever offered me a single cent to fix the damage they have caused. They are scum.

[capone6080]

I'm sick of the media and government laughing when people bring the legalization subject up,it is not funny in the least bit.If you laugh you are laughing at the government mostly putting all the funding to law enforcement to go after drug offenders and letting the murder,rape and child molestation cases go because there isn't enough funding for them to prosecute those cases in court.So to the people that think it's funny,I hope that makes you feel safer everytime you leave your house. ASSHOLES!

[rtbarnett]

@KINGxKENNEDY May God be with you during these tough times! Fuck the police!

[afternoontoker]

that story of the mom and the son brought a tear to my eye

[stone8675309]

@KINGxKENNEDY Fuck off seriously where do you live I have been caught with that amount lots they always just take it.

[alexhirschmusic]

Amazing hypocrit dickhead

[MarkRosengarten]

@AllStarBugler Forked tongue? Really? So if I said that the health care industry would never allow single payer you would also assume I am against single payer? I am rabidly for it, even though I have insurance. I don't need to smoke pot to support another person's right to smoke it. I don't need to be gay to support gay marriage. I am for all of it. If you need to win this argument so badly that you can't see that, then fine, you win. Feel better? I'm all for your right to win.

[AllStarBugler]

@MarkRosengarten I read EVERY word you wrote and you speak with forked tongue. On the one hand you say you are on my side but on the other hand you say "I don't know why anyone would want to get high in the first place". That's condecending to say the least, and its prohibition talk at its worst. If you are going to fight for full out legalization, then your words ought to leave NO DOUBT! You are either for it or against it. There is no middle ground.

[MarkRosengarten]

@MarkRosengarten It kind of reminds me of the argument people are making that violent rhetoric doesn't cause violence...but criticizing violent rhetoric does. :) Maybe if everyone were to mellow out a little this country would be a better (and safer) place to live.

[MarkRosengarten]

@AllStarBugler And so you are allowed to be snarky with me, but I can't do it right back? :) All I wanted was your opinion. How can we have a discussion if all you say is "How's life in Disneyland?" That's not an argument. It's an insult without any followup or context. We used to actually "discuss" things with other people and have "conversations"...I think the Internet has really gotten in the way of that.