Your still stupid for saying you are because cops are people who got picked on in highschool and wear a gun and badge so they can power trip and feel macho cause their "the law". they give parking tickets,speeding tickets while they speed themselves,arrest harmless stoners while alcoholics do all kinds of stupid shit and pharmicudical drugs are not considered bad at all, and they are a gang. All they do essentially is bully people around because they have a badge and are "the law". Instead of investing taxpayer money in equipment to catch gardeners go catch a murderer, rapist, pedifile,robber, hard drug dealer. Maybe wash your own car to instead of wasting more tax payer money on weekly sqaud car washes and details.
I think the whole "fuck the police" thing is way over hyped. My brother-in-law is a cop and he's the only guy my sister ever dated that I liked. None of these things apply to him. He was one of the most well-liked kids in school. Sure, some cops are assholes. They pick on harmless stoners and medical marijuana users and it's bullshit. Some of them are on power trips but locally, I get the impression that for most it's just a job.
I was a stoner long before I was diagnosed with AIDS, I just didn't look like one. I kept my hair short, was clean cut without tattoos or piercings and I was respectful so I didn't experience harrassment for the most part. Sure, there are crooked cops that rip off drug dealers and go back out and sell the drugs they confiscated. That happens alot here but I see it as "paying rent". If I was going to start dealing again like I was in my heyday, I'd be glad to have one of them looking out for me just because I brought them a little bit of change, it sure beats the alternative. When the police are protecting your dope business, there is nothing stopping you from expanding.
The biggest drug dealers in America are almost ALL informants. They pay off the police and get rid of the competition that way. They make so much money because pot is illegal so the law tends to work in their favor, in a way.
Not to offend anyone, but I just don't see it the way you do. I've known a lot of good people that were cops that didn't behave like shunned adolescents.
That said, I'm not dealing anymore and I am all for legalization. Alcohol kills hundreds of thousands of people every year and it's legal. Marijuana has killed
0 people so far and counting. It's a shame that this innocent plant is illegal here. I do think the prohibition is drawing to a close though. I may never see the day, but I think many of you will still be here when they start selling packs of joints at the gas stations to people 21 and over. The fact that 12 states have enacted medical marijuana laws and 7 states have decriminalized possession of small quantities entirely speaks volumes. Decriminalization is a growing trend and polls show that %75 of the people believe it should be legalized, at least for medicinal use. The politicians can't ignore the people forever.
Sorry for the long winded post. I'm an author and a journalist, or was rather, before I got sick. Rambling is in my nature. Peace.