reason.tv | Raising the Debt Ceiling: It Just Makes Sense. Not.
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Philadelphia Weekly | Blunt Assessment: The Need for Legal Weed in Philadelphia
But it’s been a challenge to convince anyone otherwise. “This is the heart of the problem—money from the Byrne grants,” Piper says. It’s money for overtime. Money for promotions. It’s policing for profit.”
This great Philadelphia Weekly cover story highlights the embarrassing racial disparity among marijuana arrestees. There is also a great discussion on police incentives to boost pot arrests to show they are making use of stimulus money. And for what? Marijuana prohibition is simply crooked all around. Read the rest of this entry »