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Telling the Truth about Drug Prohibition
by Sheriff Bill Masters [Sheriff of San Miguel County (Telluride) for 20 years]
"...Hundreds of good looking, bright, enthusiastic young people swarmed the hallways. They are all going through the FBI academy training. At lunch we would all go up to the large cafeteria in the academy building, once again surrounded by a sea of new recruits....The agent said, 'Sheriff, these aren't FBI agents -- they are all DEA agents. The Drug Enforcement Administration is using the FBI Academy to train more agents for the drug war.'"
"Through the rest of the day the CASKU agents and I went over homicide cases as pictures of murder victims flashed on a screen. The next day on the plane home I stewed silently and thought: What kind of peace officer, what kind of society would allow a peace officer to use one minute of time, spend one dollar, or use any jail cell for a marijuana smoker, when vicious child murderers are on the loose?...After being a drug warrior for many years -- and being good at it -- after receiving the DEA's award for outstanding achievements in the field of drug law enforcement, I realized I had failed my community by not carefully analyzing the problem. I had become part of the drug hysteria."

posted by Hal 9:38 PM