cannabisnews.com: Official Urges Police Officers to Oppose Marijuana Official Urges Police Officers to Oppose Marijuana Posted by CN Staff on July 25, 2002 at 08:40:26 PT Editorial Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal Mary Anne Solberg, deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, urged police officers Tuesday night to actively oppose Nevada's marijuana ballot initiative. "Nevada is a state that is facing a crisis: the legalization of marijuana," she told about 2,000 officers who teach the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to schoolchildren across the United States. Speaking at the Las Vegas Hilton for the national DARE conference, she said decriminalization of marijuana "is a bad idea," and that increasing availability to pot would hurt the nation's youth, likening it to relaxed access to alcohol and tobacco for children. The initiative, on the Nov. 5 ballot, would legalize possession of as much as 3 ounces of the drug. Possession of any amount by minors would remain a crime. The use of marijuana in public and by drivers would also be prohibited. Solberg said powerful men with "more money than we've ever seen" were lobbying to ease pot laws across the nation, and that it was up to the nation's police officers to campaign vigorously against that effort. "You need to get involved with this issue," she said, encouraging officers to write letters to the editors of their hometown newspapers. "Educate your parents. You need to educate your community... We cannot sit back and say this is a terrible thing and somebody better do something about it."Complete Title: Official Urges Police Officers to Oppose Marijuana PlanSource: Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV)Published: Thursday, July 25, 2002Copyright: 2002 Las Vegas Review-JournalContact: letters lvrj.comWebsite: http://www.lvrj.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:NRLEhttp://www.nrle.org/Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/Nevada Becomes Marijuana Battle Groundhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13518.shtmlVoters Split on Marijuana Issuehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13501.shtmlPublic Officials Slam Marijuana Ballot Measure http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13496.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #13 posted by Zero_G on July 26, 2002 at 07:57:20 PT European Labor Ultimately, they will have as much success as those French factory workers; they impede progress...but can't halt it. They think they can throw their jackboots in the social machinery and get their way. They forget about all the French factory workers who, when they tried to jam the machinery, slipped and fell and got ground up by technology they couldn't comprehend and tried to screw up. kaptinemokaptinemo, I would venture that the labor movement is in a much stronger and healthier position in Europe in general, and France in particular, than here. Perhaps, it is time for American's to be pitching in their shoes, oui or non? [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by The GCW on July 26, 2002 at 07:25:12 PT The US gov can no longer afford the drugwar, Know it or not. [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by goneposthole on July 26, 2002 at 06:53:09 PT United Air Lines Has dropped in price from $35.15 to $4.12, yesterday. Even with a massive infusion of gov support, thye're not doing so hot. If only the farmers would be so lucky. Their earnings per share are a respectable -42.47 dollars. Heck of a buy, don't you think.Pray for them, they need a miracle to keep them afloat and in the clouds. Amen.The US gov can no longer afford the drugwar, even with an unlimted bank account.You can't buffalo everybody. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by The GCW on July 25, 2002 at 19:09:08 PT They better oppose it... Some of these cops will be flipping burgers at burger doodle, if their unions don't produce.In fact they better get the prohibitionists politicians to make more law to cage more humans for their own good.They need to expand their urine collections systems with the high tech equipment that produces that great sucking sound Ross Perot was talking about.Police become the needy. [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by VitaminT on July 25, 2002 at 11:15:15 PT AMEN! She's speaking to the lamest of the lame leftovers from the DARE DEBACLE.DARE: The drug war's welfare entitlement for cops! [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by Sam Adams on July 25, 2002 at 11:05:38 PT I can dissect it even quicker Everything she said translates to this:"Would you rather be eating donuts and playing with little kids all day, or out chasing criminals? can I get an AMEN!" [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by xxdr_zombiexx on July 25, 2002 at 10:39:25 PT dissected Mary Anne Solberg, deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, urged police officers Tuesday night to actively oppose Nevada's marijuana ballot initiative. Is this not mildly illegal - encouraging governemnt employees to vote a certain way, and even engage in activism? And where's Ginger, and the Professor. Gilligan and the Skipper are all accounted for.... "Nevada is a state that is facing a crisis: the legalization of marijuana," she told about 2,000 officers who teach the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to schoolchildren across the United States. Wow! what a trainload of BS! Its a crisis now... As a child and family therapist I always a define a "crisis" as" when the adults don't know what to do". Somehow this seems funny to in that light.Speaking at the Las Vegas Hilton for the national DARE conference, she said decriminalization of marijuana "is a bad idea," and that increasing availability to pot would hurt the nation's youth, likening it to relaxed access to alcohol and tobacco for children. I thought alcohol was prohibited at one time. This bit about "relaxation" of tobacco and alcohol is incoherent. What IS she trying to say? I mean beyond "it's a bad idea." Spewing the what about the children guilt trip line. The initiative, on the Nov. 5 ballot, would legalize possession of as much as 3 ounces of the drug. Possession of any amount by minors would remain a crime. The use of marijuana in public and by drivers would also be prohibited. Solberg said powerful men with "more money than we've ever seen" were lobbying to ease pot laws across the nation, and that it was up to the nation's police officers to campaign vigorously against that effort. liar! Liar! Liar!. She works for the Federal Governemnt - they blow more money in a day then the entire legalization movement has. And the horror that the wealthy would turn their back on her kind. Stabbed in the back, she is. "You need to get involved with this issue," she said, encouraging officers to write letters to the editors of their hometown newspapers. "Educate your parents. You need to educate your community... We cannot sit back and say this is a terrible thing and somebody better do something about it." Now is the time for you to get out there and lie and perjure yourselves like there is no tomorrow.Note: Ms. Solberg has jsut been voted off the Island - details forthcoming..... [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by kaptinemo on July 25, 2002 at 10:07:05 PT: Sure they will spend the bucks But they also have to answer a very pointed question:With the economy posting record lows, with the Stock Market on life support, with States posting deficits after recording record surplusses, with the threat of terrorism constantly looming, with all this bad news...can the Federal government continue to afford to be chasing pot-heads?Of course, the logical answer is no. But then, we are dealing with people who continue to spread falsehoods, bald-facedly, about the 'dangers' of 'mary-joo-wanna' as if two generations don't know from personal experience the lie that it is. People who drape statues in rags, anoint themselves with cooking oil before taking a public position and avoid calico cats for fear they are Satan's handmaidens.Logic for them is something that happens...to other people. People not powerful enough to have their superstitions be accepted as policy. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by John Tyler on July 25, 2002 at 09:55:56 PT The Feds... The feds are concerned about this. Voters making up their on mind about something and not doing what D.C. says. They are going to be spending big bucks (tax payer bucks) to stop this anyway they can. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by kaptinemo on July 25, 2002 at 09:50:52 PT: Sad to say... it's not their 'first' attempt at sabotage. And the word is especially apt: sabotage.When French factory workers in the 19th century learned of automation, they knew immediately what it meant: less need for them...and less pay. So they used to 'accidentally' pitch their shoes (sabots in French) into the machinery to crash it. Hence the word sabotage.Well, the antis are doing their level-headed (and not so level headed, as this woman's remarks illustrate) best in trying to destroy the wave of the future. Ultimately, they will have as much success as those French factory workers; they impede progress...but can't halt it. They think they can throw their jackboots in the social machinery and get their way. They forget about all the French factory workers who, when they tried to jam the machinery, slipped and fell and got ground up by technology they couldn't comprehend and tried to screw up. The antis will, eventually, experience the same wake-up call. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Windminstrel on July 25, 2002 at 09:21:58 PT Yeah, I was tempted to laugh at this too But you're right -- if we laugh, we'll lose. They're still spewing hard-core propaganda, and if we give in we'll lose. The one thing we have going for us right now is that the Nevadans aren't really thrilled with the Imperial Federal Government right now over that whole nuclear waste thing. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by SirReal on July 25, 2002 at 09:10:55 PT el toonces Now is not the time to relax. Remain disgusted. The other side is bracing for a fight and will pull out all the stops. I'm sooo happy that Stroup managed to say to the national audience of sheeple on last nights Crossfire..."Canada has legalized MMJ and England is months away from the same"This will open up the fight to their first round of dirty tricks and below the belt punches.....but it has to start sometime,..let's get this job done now! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by el_toonces on July 25, 2002 at 08:57:53 PT I guess I am getting the hang of drug reform... ...because I'm now amused at blather like this piece by Ms. Solberg. I was just disgusted when I started this work:) [ Post Comment ] Post Comment