Dec 3, 2011

Legalization and Drug War Politics: Officers Punished for Supporting Eased Drug Laws

NYTimes.com: "“More and more members of the law enforcement community are speaking out against failed drug policies, and they don’t give up their right to share their insight and engage in this important debate simply because they receive government paychecks,” said Daniel Pochoda, the legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, which is handling the case of Joe Miller.

Mr. Miller, a probation officer in Mohave County, near the California border, filed suit last month in Federal District Court after he was dismissed for adding his name to a letter by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition,..known as LEAP, expressing support for the decriminalization of marijuana.." read more

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