Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Police Should Enforce Laws, Not Complain About Them
On Monday, I wrote about angry cop Jim Carnell, who attacked Massachusetts voters for supporting marijuana decrim. Yesterday, Boston Herald ran this response from NORMLâs Paul Armentano:
Itâs true and the more I think about it, the more crazy Carnellâs rant really is. He all but wishes out loud for the new policy to cause problems. Ideally, the law will work well, and even police should be hoping for a positive outcome, right?
If it turns out that marijuana decrim doesnât create major problems, then everybody wins. And Iâm quite sure thatâs exactly what will happen, so long as Jim Carnell and his colleagues donât find a way to screw this up.
Am I the only one who is troubled to learn that a public servant like Jim Carnell has such a low opinion of those heâs paid to protect ("Everybody musnât get stoned," Nov. 8)?
According to Carnell, those 2 million Bay Staters who decided in favor of Question 2 are âstarry-eyed nitwitsâ and those 100 million Americans who have ever tried pot are "cretins."
And the authorâs home state is a national "laughingstock" because its voters enacted common sense pot policy that is nearly identical to the laws in Mississippi and Maine. Sorry Jim, but the jokeâs on you!
Itâs true and the more I think about it, the more crazy Carnellâs rant really is. He all but wishes out loud for the new policy to cause problems. Ideally, the law will work well, and even police should be hoping for a positive outcome, right?
If it turns out that marijuana decrim doesnât create major problems, then everybody wins. And Iâm quite sure thatâs exactly what will happen, so long as Jim Carnell and his colleagues donât find a way to screw this up.