"we are just doing our job." -local cop
everything in life has an opportunity cost. If you choose option a then you forgo option b and all other options.
The decision to pursue and punish someone who uses cannabis means local law enforcement is diverting valuable resources away from things like... I don't know... Things like... Missing children who were abducted 18 years ago and were raped and held against their will by a monster. (cops make excellent decisions with our tax dollars.)
god bless the local police for focusing on the important things in life like activated carbon and high pressure sodium lights. Fuck those little bratty kids who are missing; little bastards deserve it.
If we want to start solving all violent crime in the united states all you need to do is call your local police department and say the magic word that sends those stupid motherfuckers into a tizzy... And the magic word is
marijuana. Pavlov's dogs will be licking and sucking their own dicks faster than you can shake a stick at them.
"go get the marijuana boy!"
"good boy!"
"good boy!"
you are suck a good fucking cop. Here's you reward; now go back to licking your partners dick.
I can guarantee you that if the local police were told that phillip garrido had marijuana, his home would have been raided. But when neighbors place numerous calls over the course of 18 years stating that a registered sex offender has children at his home; the local police department doesn't do a goddamn thing.
Why you ask? Simple. A person who grows marijuana has more assets to seize than a child molester. It all comes down to money and cops follow the money.
Make no mistake, cops don't give a fuck about you or the communities they serve. Your local police department is run by children who are paid 100k a year to act like a gang.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/crime/08/27/california.missing.girl/index.html