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Washington, DC, police chief on marijuana: "All those arrests do is make people hate us"

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 03/03/2015 - 13:33

Washington, DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier seems fairly enthusiastic about marijuana legalization in the District, even decrying the past system of prohibition and how it tarnished community relations with police.

Lanier told the American News Women's Club last Wednesday, according to the Daily Beast, "All those [marijuana] arrests do is make people hate us." She added, "Marijuana smokers are not going to attack and kill a cop. They just want to get a bag of chips and relax. Alcohol is a much bigger problem."

The police chief clarified her comments to emphasize that she believes marijuana isn't healthy. "But I'm not policing the city as a mom," she said. "I'm policing it as the police chief — and 70 percent of the public supported this."

"Marijuana smokers are not going to attack and kill a cop"

Lanier is making a nuanced but firmly supportive legalization argument. She...

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