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Mariana

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32. It's about money.

Reply to snort (Reply #8)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 02:18 PM

Aug 2013

Police departments make money from the confiscated assets of marijuana users (and suspected users). If marijuana use is legal, they don't get to take and keep all that cash and property anymore. If the departments are using those confiscated assets to pay salaries and benefits...

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Police Groups are pissed off to the max at Eric Holder [View all] kentuck Aug 2013 OP

Aaaaaaaaah! Please. Stop the madness! Lint Head Aug 2013 #1

[Acohol] can cause suicidal thoughts, impairs driving and is a "gateway drug." SharonAnn Aug 2013 #30

There are so many people taking aspirin that a case could be made that it is a gateway drug also. Lint Head Aug 2013 #35

Will Holder do the backstroke? ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #2

It sounds like the police state feels threatened? kentuck Aug 2013 #4

As the article said.... ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #6

I think you might have meant... Tx4obama Aug 2013 #3

Yes, thanks! kentuck Aug 2013 #5

This is pathetic. Fuck these cops. Go after some REAL criminals you lazy idiots. eom 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #7

+1000 n/t LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #26

If they really felt that legalization snort Aug 2013 #8

It's about money. Mariana Aug 2013 #32

Police state doesn't want to get off the bandwagon cprise Aug 2013 #9

They are into the entitlements as the Repugs would say. riversedge Aug 2013 #11

It all comes down to the mighty $!! riversedge Aug 2013 #10

Going to impinge on their "stop and steal" operation. Downwinder Aug 2013 #12

Local law enforcement agencies that rely heavily on the drug war for funding = Welfare B Calm Aug 2013 #13

LE is hooked on drugs itself, it seems KG Aug 2013 #14

"Condolences. The bums lost." Shampoobra Aug 2013 #15

Good. Holder revoked the cops' license to steal meow2u3 Aug 2013 #16

So, no pony? nt bemildred Aug 2013 #17

Property siezure is a gateway drug to a totalitarian state. mick063 Aug 2013 #18

Fuck the Cops otohara Aug 2013 #19

"Local law enforcement agencies rely heavily on the drug war for funding" damnedifIknow Aug 2013 #20

I call bullshit. Many support legslization Beaverhausen Aug 2013 #21

Do you think the joint letter to Holder is a forgery? nt Mariana Aug 2013 #33

Fuck the Corrupt Police Departments, pigs feeding at the trough AZ Progressive Aug 2013 #22

I'll bet those pigs are cleaner. n/t LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #27

What did they think was going to happen? Ruby the Liberal Aug 2013 #23

exactly Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #25

shut up police Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #24

Fuck the pigs! gopiscrap Aug 2013 #28

interesting story from where i live about growing pot.. Bennyboy Aug 2013 #29

There will be difficulty in transition. mick063 Aug 2013 #34

Loss of a very important franchise that was very lucrative threatens the LE industry. Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #31

They need to grow up and start doing their real job. Chasing pot smokers only fills our jails with jwirr Aug 2013 #36