Why police and prison groups worry about California legalization

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Simply outrageous.

Follow the money: half of the funds for an anti-legalization campaign are linked to law enforcement groups worried about their budgets

http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/05/19/police-prison-groups-worried-california-legalization/54441/

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1. some people might have to get jobs doing something useful for society nt

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2. Exactly...and also for those in the black market

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3. It's been fine and crime has gone down actually

at least here in Washington State.

The old guard (and old finance streams) don't want change.

see: Congress and the Presidency

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7. it's worked fine in colorado, too

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4. I worked for Calif Dept of Corrections,

at least 50+% of the inmates were there for drugs. Crazy revolving door policy. When I retired Cali had 28 prisons I'll have to bing to see how many there are now.

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5. A colossal waste that feeds the dependency on our tax dollars

Giving people a felony on their record insures a life of crime or welfare and that they can't vote.
A sick system.

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6. Not to mention the almost

free labor they get. It was hard working for a business (the prison biz is a 'Yuge' business) and not agree with anything they did.

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8. They're just afraid of losing the plentiful and complacent pot arrests.

When cannabis is legal they'll have to go back to arresting real criminals, and that gives them a sad.