Border Agent Testifies for Marijuana Legalization

Retired Customs and Border Protection agent Richard Newton testifies in front of the El Paso City Council in favor of a resolution that would support efforts to legalize marijuana as a way to de-fund murderous Mexican drug cartels. RIchard 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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[baudiirocz]

When will the government start listening to LEAP? These cops know better than anyone else about the horrible failings of the war on drugs.

[SuperBenji420]

LEGALIZE MARIJUANA AND STOP PUNISHING INeSENT non-violent AMERICANS WHO USE AND GROW MARIJUANA!!!! IT IS TIME TO END THIS "WAR ON DRUGS" that HELPS NOBODY!!!!!!!!

[tntboom420]

the war on drugs is a joke a war we can never win and we just keep dumping money into it they say they dont want to legalize marijuana because most the people that smoke pot go to jail and commit crimes it's cuz it's illegal if you would legalize it you would see it's not the pot that makes you do crimes it this econemy it's living situation it's alot of things that can make people do crimes not pot

[BlindMaphisto]

@stypostve I agree with everything you said excep the nomenclature. I prefer the word Hemp. It's what it was called when america treated it like it was supposed to be treated, completly free and open.

[myfootfetish1]

You could own a slave and woman can't vote yet a fucking plant can't be legal?

[stypostve]

once everyone stops calling it weed, Marijuana, and actually calls it Sweet Calamus, there should be no issues, as for myself who does read Bible if it was so bad and drug then why did God tell Moses to take two hundred and fifty shekels of Sweet Calamus, i mean that should speak for itself, who is a man that he should say it is wrong when he did not create anything, who is a man to question God?

[Tressco]

He's seen a lot; you can tell by his pragmatic tone in his voice...

Do you guys know why police chiefs across America are resigning lately...?

[vamp2100]

y does it keep flashing white? its annoying as fuck!!!

[SolarEXtract]

Fuck the feds. By the time it's legal in most states though, I honestly won't give a shit anymore, because legalization will be an idea that can no longer be stopped. It will be bigger than Congress and bigger than any of us. At least if the feds want a cut, they'll have to fight the states for it. The rest of us can kick back and enjoy some freedom. Besides, the California model for legalization is pretty sweet. You can grow your own!

[drak1970]

Ah, yes I overlooked the word "state" in your post. But, youre all screaming at the fed to "tax and regulate".

You know where that will end up: the same place as everything else the states cant get much tax revenue from due to fed's heavy hand.

What will the states get? Scraps of kickbacks from the fed in exchange for complicity in unconstitutional laws... extortion.

[SolarEXtract]

(continued...)The idea of putting marijuana back on the black market will be something the states will fight AGAINST because they'll RELY on that extra money. They'll be on OUR side once and for all.