If dope is legalized, the narcs are all out of work. No more cool property forfeiture, no bribes, no lucrative rehabilitation classes, half the prisons will be empty, etc.etc. The cops have more at stake than anybody else if legalization ever happens.
Between the Mexican cartels and US “law enforcement”, half the continent lives off illegal dope.
ROFLOL!!
Sure they do................
Trust me. If this law is passed there will still be plenty of drug cases to prosecute. Cartels will still grow weed in the national forests. People will push the legal limits of cultivation. The growers in the north part of the state will still be looking for profit margins supported by exportation out of state. Look at B.C. Dope possession is pretty much legal there, but still there is a huge criminal network devoted to smuggling bud to the U.S. If dope is ever legalized across the board in the U.S. then those same criminals will fight over the coke and ecstasy trade.
I don’t think that pot is any better or worse than any other intoxicant, but the real problem is how do you determine if someone is “under the influence” in an accident (traffic, industrial, etc.). I don’t think that there is any standard, and THC can stay in a system for a long time.
I would not care to travel in California should this pass.
On the other hand, how much trouble can you get into going four miles an hour?