MR L.E.O.(mr law) and everyone else read me

ok guys im posting this on behalf of a good buddie of mine from another forums. feel free to forward it to everone you know and send it off to as many politicians and govt people that you can. MR law enforcement i urge you to read this in its entierty prehaps you will find a new light or prehaps just laugh either way what do you have to loose 10 mins of your day? not a high price for what you might find.

Dear Law Enforcement Official...


I wasn't going to say anything, but...

This is it!
Enough!
I'm tired.
Tired of having to hide.
Tired of having to worry about you invading my private life and stealing all I own, and all my family owns, in the name of your so called War On Drugs. It's time for this damn foolishness to end. Right now...TODAY!!

Over thirty years of scientific study, and still no credible evidence that cannabis is harmful. Oh, I know what your thinking...
"But, all of the drug training films they showed us at the academy said pot was really bad for America."

Well, Kemosabe... You've been lied to. The lies have been told so often, and by so many, most people blindly accept the government propaganda as gospel.
Let me set you straight.

I know the negative image of the average cannabis user that the "media" puts out for Mr. and Mrs. Average American to swallow as the truth serves only to perpetuate the blind suppression of one of the most incredible medicinal resources known to man...
But I'll let you in on a little secret...

There is no real 'stereotype' you can affix to users of cannabis.
I know it makes it easier to do your job thinking that we're all alike, but it is now time for you to face the facts, my misguided and underpaid friend.
Ready?

My Grandpappy used to say that a mind is a lot like a parachute...
Neither one works worth a damn unless they're open...
So set aside your prejudice for just a moment, and come with me...
Let's meet some of the people you may be forced to arrest when you blindly follow orders that make no sense.

Say hello to my friend Jon R. Officer.

Jon is the father of two little girls.
Jon has a grow room in his basement.He grows a little cannabis because his wife is dying of cancer, and it gives her an appetite after her chemo sessions. He smokes a little now and then to relieve his severe migraine headaches. Jon's never even had a parking ticket!! He's the vice-principal of a local high school, and is a part-time firefighter. He lives in constant fear that someone will find out about his 'hobby'.

As an informed, intelligent, reasoning man, Jon doesn't understand why cannabis is not yet legal for med. users.

Over here is Steve W., Officer. You know what's funny?? Steve doesn't smoke cannabis at all! No...really!!! Everything he grows is sold for the cost of materials and labor to a private club that provides cannabis for people who are sick and in some cases, dying. Why does he do it? He lost his wife two years ago to AIDs.
She got a transfusion that contained the virus when she was given blood after an auto accident.

Steve's wife used to get her medicinal cannabis from the club...
Until the old grower that had been providing the majority of their supply got arrested, lost his home, his cars, his money, and his freedom. Steve stepped in after his wife died because he feels some sense of compassion for people he'll never even meet.

Boy if you guys bust him... He sure has it coming!!

Say hi to Renee G. before she has to rush off to work. She has a really big court case this morning, and she's running late. Well...there she goes! You'd like Renee officer, she thinks you guys have one of the hardest, most thankless jobs out there.
She thinks that if you spent as much time and energy on solving murders and rapes as you do on the War On Drugs, her job would be much easier.

Oh, did I mention that Renee is a public defender?
She grows a little cannabis to ease the pain from severe Arthritis.
At 34, her hands look like they belong to her 79 yr. old grandmother.....
The cannabis makes it much more bearable on the days she can't even button her blouse. The cannabis works far better than all of the 'legal' drugs her doctor kept giving her.

I suppose I could introduce you to the rest of my good friends, but I know you are extremely busy. I respect your hectic schedule so I'll be brief...

The rest of the evil, lazy, shiftless stoners I know include: a Dentist, one of your fellow Officers, (bet you know a couple too...) a Nurse, a Restaurant Owner, a Rabbi, a Soccer Mom, a Small Business Owner, a Crane Operator, a Mailman, (oops, I mean 'Postal Worker') a Graphic Designer, and my youngest brother (who suffers from a rare and deadly disease; scleroderma.)

Well...
There you have it my courageous crime-fighter... The whole mangy crew of lawbreakers. We've all had it with the War On Drugs. Millions of lives ruined... And for what?? If you really want a war on drugs...

Why not start with the two drugs that kill more Americans than all other drugs COMBINED!! Alcohol and Tobacco. Look at the statistics. The numbers don't lie.

Hey, I know you have to earn a living too, but now you know the truth. The next cannabis grower or user you arrest may be one of my friends...

So try and remember why you took that oath...
Think back...Remember??
To Protect And Serve!
Remember??!!
So ask yourselves... Who are you protecting or serving by jailing someone who has every moral, ethical, spiritual, and constitutional right to use an herbal alternative provided by our Creator to holistically treat their particular ailments?

If our lying politicians will not end this insanity, then maybe, just maybe...
If you stop arresting people for availing themselves of their real and inalienable right to decide what they put into their bodies, or grow in the privacy of their homes, you can follow the advice of my friend the lawyer and concentrate on real criminals.

I know you guys like to drop in here occasionally and see what we're up to, so feel free to print up a copy of this and give it to a friend. Break free from your strings, my little puppet, and use your time on the force to make a positive impact on our society by ignoring us cannabis growers and users.

Go arrest that meth dealer over at the junior high school...
You'll feel better about yourself.

Bust that rapist who prays on innocent, defensless women. Then see the faces of happy and safe women walking the streets. Their heads held high.

Apprehend the mugger that hunts frail, elderly people. You will come to appreciate the gratitude

Help convict that sick pedophile. Our children will look up to you.

Hell, arresting just one murderer today will help spread happiness and security almost exponentially across the city!

But if you see me puffing a joint. Just pretent you didn't.
Then go home and smoke a big, fat joint yourself...
You'll sleep like a baby. I promise.

Who am I??

Nobody special.
A husband and father, a little league coach, a deacon in my church, and someone who smokes a little pot to make life just a little bit more bearable on the days my pain makes me want to take hostages...

Don't you remember me???
When you came to my door yesterday taking donations for the P.A.L. charity dinner, I bought four tickets.

 

oh and one last thing. do what you can to change the world join NORML (www.norml.org) even if you cant attend meetings or pull a big part every little bit helps.

 

GG.

 

DAMN RIGHT!

 

glad you guys felt like posting in this tread bu its probably best no to quote thatp post it takes alot of space up.

 

i just laugh when anyone says anything about "futureless, jobless pot smoker".

if only they knew what they were talking about.

 

hahah have u seen those anit pot commercials

on tv
where they are getting scanned a the supermarket
where the ppl satart sayin like
"i know you look at me and see jsut another futureless potsmokin ( the guy says it funny and fast) teenager but im a thinker or whatever and last time i took a hit i was kickboxin"

how come nobody on those looks like a damn pothead?

 

dude, i know think about it, if everyone that smoked pot, voted for yes to legalizing it then it would for sure be legalized cuz there are more people that smoke then that dont smoke! we neeed a chnage this is the ridiculous, the only way things mite change if we do it, us not other ppl

 

that commercial is made by hypocrites same people that are having you not "scan" or classify people so they dont feel bad

 

Yeah! damn straight! If only people would open there eyes about things these days.

 

Dear Informed Stoner,

I read you letter with great intersest. I appreciate your concerns and suggest that you send a copy to your legistators. As a Peace Officer, it is my responsibilty to enforce the laws that exist. I and my fellow officers are not compitent to decide which laws are wise or just. Such determinations are left to the legislatures, when passing laws (or not), and to the courts, when detemining the appropriate disposition of an individual case.

While I find your arguments convincing, I have sworn to uphold all the laws with out regard to my personal feelings about their wisdom.

Signed,
Officer Friendly

 

hey man, thats reallgood, i thank you 4 liteing to us, i respect your decision to not comment on the laws, you maybe dont agree with the laws, but u listen to us and dont dismiss us rite away, thank for not judging us-peace
boz

 

No disrespect, but how can any intelligent person not be competent enough to understand that the "cure" of marijuana prohibition is far worse than the "disease" of marijuana smoking? I can understand your position, and you're right, it is up to the legislatures, and you're just doing your job. But how can you with a clear conscience support a law that is clearly harmful to the citizens you swore to protect? That's like saying it's ok for a soldier to commit war crimes because he was ordered to; yet in criminal preceedings, we find HIM accountable. It is up to him to know where the line between obedience and conscientious action should be drawn, and to not follow a bad order, regardless of the consequences.

If you feel you must enforce this law, so be it. But maybe you could make an effort to change the law; you, as a police officer, might have a stronger voice in the matter than your average citizen, as long as you aren't afraid to speak your mind.

Of course, maybe you support these laws and want to lock up all the stoners, so you won't do anytyhing...

 

hang on so that is an actual officer? i thought it was a stoner posting a different perspective of police

but im stoned.. so that could go either way

 

I have no idea. Either way, my point stands.

 

No, I am not a real cop.

I was expressing my appreciation that cops enfoce all the laws (including the ones that I agree with) no matter what their feelings are.

I was serious that the original letter should be adressed to the legislature.

(P.S. Comparing arresting stoners with war crimes is a bit steep don't you think.)

 

No.

Think about it. Maybe a soldier, under orders (or implied orders), strips a prisoner naked, mocks him, beats him, might inflict other punishments on him. We consider this a war crime. And this is against an enemy combatant during a war.

Then a cop arrests a man for having marijuana, a peaceful citizen of this country, who is hurting no one. He is taken into the police station, jailed, prosecuted, forced to pay fines or spend time in prison, and now must carry a criminal record the rest of his life, hurting his employment possibilities, education and scholarship opprotunities, etc. He is also quite likely to get raped and beaten in jail, and while there, he is seperated from his family (from his children, think of it) which in itself is a travesty (yet we claim to care so much about family values).

People know that marijuana does not often ruin lives except when the law is involved. Addicts face such a problem, but marijuana smokers? No, we know it isn't generally the case for them. So think of the lives that are ruined thanks to this. How is this not similar to a war crime? We even call it the War on Drugs!

 

Think about it.

A soldier in the heat of the jungle, looses it and opens up on a village. Many people are dead.

A cop arrests a stoner. The stoner is taken to jail (maby), given the appropriate meals and a lawer. The stoner then gets a trial. At that point, the stoner is punished in accordance with the laws of the state that the stoner lives in AND WAS AWARE OF before toking up.

While "I was just following orders" is no justification for doing evil, equating a cop aresting a stoner to an SS guard at Dachow is streaching things and is counter productive. Saying that any cop who enforces these laws is themself a criminal shows that your (and by extension all stoners) passion exceeds your good sense.

We all agree that grass should be decriminalized. But our cries of outrage should not be directed at the cops, who can do nothing to change things, but at our elected reps.

 

First, opening up in the jungle in the heat of battle is not a war crime, and isn't what I was talking about.

Second, I follow Thoreau's idea in Civil Disobedience when it comes to bad laws. I don't obey them and advise others to do the same.

Third, yes, I said bad laws. They were enacted without honestey, through lies about reefer madness. It was sneaky and self serving to those enacting it. Thus, the public was not represented and it is not, in my opinion, a valid law. Until there is an honest debate on the laws and the people ARE INFORMED WITH REAL INFORMATION, it will remain an invalid law in my mind. (democracy requires information, without it, there is no democracy. this is why the free speech, and the media, is so important in democracy, and why gov'ts always want to control it)

Fourth, yes, youre right we should be directing it at legislators. But you're wrong that cops can't do anything. No one is making them arrest stoners but themselves. They can and should use discretion in their work.

I will continue to consider cops who enforce such horrible laws as being criminals. They have no right restricting my freedom of choice to choose a life path that harms no one. This country is founded upon ideals like freedom to life liberty and persuit of happiness. It may not be a law or in the Constitution, but is undeniably a part of our national spirit. I don't generally take this course (with cops as criminals) in my argument for legalization...in fact I believe this is the first time...but it is still a fact.

 

A cop who arrests people based on their own opinions is making their own laws and is dangerous.

I want a say in what the laws are. This is done through elections and legislatures, etc. Sometimes, I lose. Laws that I don't like are passed. That is part of our society's solution for peacefully living together. Sometimes I lose, sometimes I win, but we as a group manage to get along.

Whenever a cop refuses to enforce a law (even one that I disagree with), they are vetoing the entire process and are taking my voice away from me. Let me restate that point, a cop refusing to enforce a law that I disagee with is denying my ability to have a say in our laws.

Civil disobedience is sometimes an appropriate responce to unjust laws. A cop (acting as a cop) is different than a private individual. As a representative of the community, they are bound to enforce the expressed will of the people (the current laws.) If a cop wants to civily disobey, they should take off the uniform and do it as an individual. I want my cops to obey my laws, even if I want those laws changed.

If I want to take part in the political process, I must take "ownership" of the result even (or especially) when the result is not what I want. I as an individual can civily disobey wrong laws, but I want the servants of the community to serve the communtity rather than do what I think is right.