Sharpe: Stop subsidizing drug cartels
Sharpe is a policy analyst with Common Sense for Drug Policy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reforming drug policy and expanding harm reduction. He lives in Arlington.
The Virginia State Police just released their 2014 Crime in Virginia report. Despite opinion polls showing that a majority of Virginians wants to see marijuana legal for personal use, Virginia continues to prioritize marijuana criminalization. There were 22,948 arrests for marijuana in 2014. Eight percent of all Virginia arrests are for marijuana offenses. Never mind the cost of arresting almost 23,000 Virginians for marijuana. Think about the opportunity costs and the impact on public safety. Police time spent arresting non-violent marijuana consumers is police time not spent going after murderers, rapists and child molesters.
There is a myth in Virginia that minor marijuana offenders don’t get jail time. The truth is that one in five persons arrested for
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