From MPP alerts:
Massachusetts' marijuana decriminalization ballot initiative opponents have decided that lying their asses off is the best way to forward their ethically-challenged position.
Marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol or tobacco — because tobacco takes a long time to kill you and alcohol has health benefits.
That's according to Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter.
Why not support this historic Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy ballot initiative with some truthiness cash here?
More lies below.
From the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association:
"Marijuana arrests are strongly associated with violent crime — dangerous criminals who make the wrong choice time and time again." (In reality, research shows unmistakably that marijuana — unlike alcohol — is almost never the cause of aggression or violence.)
"Very few arrests involving marijuana charges are for simple possession." (In reality, according to FBI statistics, a full 89% of marijuana arrests are for simple possession.)
The initiative "will allow drug dealers to operate with impunity and make it easier for them to do business with your children."
From MPP alerts:
The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy (CSMP) — which is running the campaign to pass a marijuana decriminalization ballot initiative in Massachusetts this Election Day — has uncovered at least 15 violations of Massachusetts campaign finance and election laws committed by the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association and other opponents of the initiative. You can read media coverage of [the September] press conference calling for charges to be filed here.
Why DAs are battling this initiative that would save them the trouble of prosecuting these cases can only be about the green:
bucks, not buds
Isn't lobbying for laws during an election BY the enforcers of the law one of them there conflicts of interest? I'm just sayin, it sure looks like the DAs like their pot-arrest cash-ola enough to lie and break the law to keep it. Who should prosecute them for these election shenanigans since they have corrupted the process?