SACRAMENTO --- As California prepares to vote on marijuana legalization, most of the opposition is coming from major beneficiaries of the war on drugs: police and prison guards. Twenty years ago, California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana, and the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which will appear on the ballot in November, would
Police And Prison Guards Fight Calif. Marijuana Legalization With Big Money
As law enforcement agencies have come to depend on the millions they rake in from the war on drugs and asset forfeiture laws, maybe it’s no wonder they’re not advocates for change in the state’s drug laws.