A recently revitalized drug enforcement training course for MA police has been criticized by Jack Cole, former NJ state trooper and founder of Law Enforcement Officers Against Prohibition (LEAP), for being a “total waste of money.”

LEAP calls for the legalization of drugs on the widely-known grounds that the War on Drugs has been both unsuccessful and counterproductive, and has contributed to a dramatic increase of drug-related violence. Cole cites the case of tobacco, the use of which has drastically decreased while remaining legal.

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And click here for a link to Cole’s recent interview on NPR. Thanks to Drug War Rant for the link.

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