One Lone Ranger Rides Again To Legalize Dope ~ By Mary Ann Akers

By Mary Ann Akers

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Howard Wooldridge has one of the craziest jobs: trying to convince 535 of the most uptight people in Washington - the entire membership of Congress - to legalize drugs. That means everything from marijuana to cocaine to heroin. The idea isn't quite as far-fetched as you may think. The more money the United States spends on fighting a drug war that has spiraled out of control in Mexico, the more interest Congress seems to be taking in talk of decriminalization. "For the first time since I've been here, the "L" word, legalization, has been used in subcommittee hearings as a solution to the violence and Mexican cartels," says Wooldridge, a cowboy and retired police detective who three years ago became the lobbyist for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, known as LEAP. A handful of lawmakers have endorsed legalization of marijuana, including Reps. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas). [Continue reading]

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Police Chief Tells Obama To Legalize Marijuana!

Above: Dr. Norm Stamper finished his 34-year police career as Chief of Police of Seattle, Washington. Stamper believes the drug war causes untold misery, undermines effective law enforcement, and does not begin to pass any sort of cost-benefit analysis. You see, America has been in one of the longest and most expensive wars in our history, and that is the War on Drugs, begun in 1971 by President Richard Nixon. You would think by now, the war would have been won! It hasn't been, nor will it ever be. We've spent a trillion dollars fighting this war, if not more. Millions of people are incarcerated for the non-violent crime of possession of marijuana. And yet, cigarettes and alcohol remain legal. They found out that the prohibition of alcohol didn't work. So, what makes them think that prohibiting the use of cannibas would ever work? Or, is there another motive to keep it illegal? read more | digg story, submitted by devincalloway