If “cops don’t make laws, they just enforce them”, why are police opposing marijuana legalization?

One reason they want marijuana to stay illegal is because they're afraid of real criminals.

Harry Anslinger, the father of prohibition, admitted that prohibition is a license to steal for cops.

Consider what would happen to these police who have been living off of illegal search and seizures of property to fund their activities. Of course they are trying to subvert the legalization movement because it runs counter to their interests. They don't care about justice, they only care about their pocketbooks.

The first thing we must consider is the funding police departments get from the confiscation of cars, boats, planes, homes, and other property. The funding funnel from the Feds, and State Taxpayers. Why such laws? It all comes down to funding the machine. Yet the war on drugs is much more than that. At first glance it appears to be only about the funding, yet in truth it is the mechanizm that puts more and more police on the streets, better arms them, and as a result perpetuates the "Police State". The oppressive arm of the "bogus" law.

How is it that we have these "rules" in the first place? Does the Constitution even allow them? No, yet sadly, we don't live within the common law of our founders, instead we have been tricked into being 14th ammendment citizens, belonging to the corporate United States, and subject therefore to their whims under corporate/maritime law, not Constitutional or Common law.

Which leads us to another question, why do we have all these "laws"? In order to take advantage of and leverage their assets, the corporation must be able to effectively rule over their subjects, the employees of the corporation. (See the shift?) History shows that you cannot rule people without oppression. Therefore, they have to instill a certain amount of fear within the population. Thus they find items of potential intrest to create laws against that can be "sold" to the people as being good....effectively getting the people to agree because it is for the common "good". They back it all up with bogus studies, stories, and even indoctrination in our schools. They are "raising" little perfect national drones. Excited yet? When it is said that the Government is not your friend, that is only a half truth, in fact, it is your enemy. It has stolen your sovereign liberty and replaced it with an ideal best described by saying, "Liberty is Obedience to the Law." They have even managed to convince most people that is just the way it is, and the slaves buy into it, accepting it all hook, line, and sinker.

Our Founders must be past rolling in their graves, I can imagine they are just about ready to break the chains of death, stand up, and slap us around. How benign and politically correct we have become, how complacent. We continue to live this lie, with little more than a complaint. Time to stand, and act like the deposed kings and queens that we are; Inflamed, demanding, and belligerent. We must reclaim our sovereign thrones by dutifully separating ourselves from corporate law, and learning to live outside of the machine. Then their unconstitutional bogus corporate laws will have no bearing upon us. When you are subject to common law, there must be a victim, damage must have been done for you to be guilty of a crime. The officers and laws of the corporation will no longer apply to you. This is the path I am on, and I encourage others to do the same.

For Liberty!
Rob

What about LEAP(Law Enforcement Against Prohibition)? They are another strong pro-legalization group.

"drug use for the weak minded? how many of these motherfuckers are actually sick?"
The number of ways marijuana can be used as medicine is staggering. Raising cbd content turns the plant into an anti inflammatory. Making it into a concentrated vegetable glycerin makes people with brain tumors forget they have brain tumors. Not to mention the cannabinoids fight and debilitate over three different types of cancer in men. For people with turrets, post traumatic stress disorder, and many other diseases, marijuana is the one thing that makes their life bearable, worth living. Marijuana is a gift, an easy to grow plant with amazing properties. Why is it that we have THC receptors in our brain, and the one and only place to get THC is in marijuana. Because THC is not manufactured by pharmaceutical companies owned by our government its not legitimate medicine? Because we can grow it and take care of ourselves? Because the government has no hand in it? Its our right to choose as americans, its what our country stands for. Thomas Jefferson is my boy

I think the obvious reason why police oppose legalization of marijuana is because police have a natural reason to want to keep crime rates up. as long as there is crime, there is a need for more police work. even if that crime is complete nonsense and almost everybody agrees it shouldn't be a crime, as long as it keeps them in business. The drug war has been a massive part of our economy for 50 years now. Police get work, we build another prison, judges and lawyers and other court employees keep getting work. the system gets greased. If we were to reform these laws, many people would be out of work.

"Oklahoma’s bureau doesn’t address why 30% THC marijuana is to be feared, but 100% THC Marinol pills are FDA-approved". Just another example of the image war on Pot, I'm guessing that pills are much easier to swallow than a spacecake that's why it's legal. xD But seriously the bottom line is that this is America, i mean where can a guy just smoke a joint in piece without all the bullshit!

"If “cops don’t make laws, they just enforce them”, why are police opposing marijuana legalization?"

1st) The premise= total baloney.
Laws number in the millions and at this late stage of the opressive statist game are just a massive arsenal of AVAILABLE clubs to pull out whenever expedient or useful to either the bull on the sltreet or the bully state above him. the basic law on the street (for those of us without privilege and the secret handshake) is 'Thou shalt not commit contempt of cop.' All else springs from this thuggish prerogative.

The cops are not neutral agents: At the very least, they are collaborators chosen and produced by a sick process and system and thusly reproduce and represent its values quite naturally. We by heedingand respecting their corrupt, specious mythology and status grant them this bully pulpit and voice in matters.

Their time is over.

I know in the sate of California this just isn't true. Police officers are confused about Prop. 215 and SB 420 because the law is poorly written. Law enforcement has a hard time enforcing the law when it is unclear. Most Police officers I've encountered here in California want it legal, they're tired of "policing" it. This is the problem in California.

We need to see decriminalization or legalization on a Federal level. When this happens, local law enforcement will be much more clear on the law and how to enforce it.

Society in general has been misled, with spin and disinformation. The police are no exception. Cannabis hemp 'facts' were removed from educational material in America. Unfortunately, text books are what is basically used to educate people to 'facts'. The police officers were misinformed, along with ordinary Americans. Things won't change until the history and facts about cannabis hemp, become common knowledge.

'Madness' has been used in the war on cannabis. It's hard to counter 'madness' with facts, when facts have been withheld from ordinary Americans. Education of the public, as well as our police officers, would be a good place to start. Stop accepting 'madness' if you know the facts. Hold politicians accountable when they spin disinformation and madness. They are doing it for political gain and that's just wrong. If they can't win without spin and disinformation, they are not competent enough to win and should be voted out of office and shamed for their efforts.

Police officers do not make policy. Policy is made by politicians. Politicians should be held accountable for bad policy, not those who are enforcing the policy of politicians. Change must come from the top. Whether it's the President, or the politicians. But, change won't happen in law enforcement, until change happens in politics and government. It's time to change the way our government and politicians 'spins' disinformation and 'madness'! Accountability, accountability, accountability!

Legalization would put the majority of cops out of work. Yes, it would make the world a better place to live with far less violence in the streets... but we are talking about money here... Violence is just fine as long as there is profit to be made, that is the American way (apparently). How else can we justify Martial Law and increasing the lethal force used on good citizens?

Dude, the police are way smarter than the American Medical Association! come on!

these pigs wanna blow my house down... lol

cops ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,come and try to snatch my crops

No doubt about it 2010 is a big year for reform .

but it is so worth the struggle, faith is key.

The struggle continues.