是時候給加州去完結無法取勝的大麻戰爭

是時候給加州去完結無法取勝的大麻戰爭
Time for California to End The Unwinnable Marijuana WarCan More Arrests Ever Stop Marijuana?
更多的逮捕能否停止大麻？

by Kevin Zeese
Global Research, September 12, 2010

Since the founding of the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1973, 15 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana.
自1973年建立藥物管制局以來，1,500萬美國人已因大麻被捕。
That is more people than live in California’s 25 largest cities – millions more than live in Ohio, Pennsylvania or Illinois.
那就多於住在加州25個最大城市的人 - 數百萬多於生活在俄亥俄州、賓夕法尼亞州或伊利諾伊州。
The DEA has led an aggressive national law enforcement effort that results in a marijuana arrest every 38 seconds, propelling the U.S. to become the biggest incarcerator on the planet, housing one out of four of the world’s prisoners. Despite mass arrests, incarceration and the tearing apart of millions of families, the war rages on with no end in sight.
美國藥物管制局已領導一支積極的國家執法努力隊伍，結果每38秒有一大麻案件，推動美國成為地球上最大的監禁地方，安置世界囚犯每四個中的一個。儘管大量逮捕，監禁和撕裂以百萬計的家庭，戰爭肆虐繼續而沒有結束的跡象。
Since the DEA’s founding, approximately 90% of youth have described marijuana as easy to get in annual federal surveys. It is easier for young Americans to buy marijuana than it is to buy alcohol or prescription drugs which are legally regulated and controlled.
自美國藥物管制局的成立，大約 90％的青年在每年的聯邦調查，已描述大麻為容易到手的東西。它是更容易給年輕的美國人去購買大麻，比購買酒精或是處方藥物，都是合法監管和控制的。
Is there any reason to think that millions more arrests – with costs running into the billions – will win the marijuana war?
是否有任何理由認為，更多數百萬的人被捕 - 與數十億美元的經營成本 - 將贏得大麻戰爭？
Last week every former U.S. DEA head came out against Proposition 19 which would end possession arrests and allow local jurisdictions in California to make marijuana legal. No surprise that drug enforcement bureaucrats want to defend their marijuana enforcement budgets. They even oppose medical marijuana for people suffering and dying. But, more important for the voter, this is an opportunity to look at the big picture. Voters should ask themselves:
上週美國每一位前DEA主管出來反對建議 19，那將結束佔有逮捕和允許加州的地方司法管轄區使大麻合法。毫不奇怪緝毒官員要捍衛他們的大麻執法預算。他們甚至反對藥用大麻給忍受痛苦和死亡的人。但是，對選民更為重要的是，這是一個機會看看大圖，選民們應該問問自己：
Has the marijuana war, with more than 800,000 arrests each year, worked?
每年逮捕超過 80萬人的大麻戰爭掂否？
Will more arrests stop marijuana?
更多的逮捕將否停止大麻？
If not, isn’t it time to consider alternatives that could better control marijuana?
如果不，它不是好時間去考慮替代方案，可更好地控制大麻嗎？
Thankfully, the DEA is not the only law enforcement voice. Recently the National Black Police Association came out in support of Prop. 19, following a slew of endorsements from unions, faith leaders and the NAACP. On Monday, simultaneous press conferences will be held at Oakland City Hall and in West Hollywood Park to announce a letter of endorsement signed by dozens of law enforcers across California.

Joseph McNamara, former police chief in San Jose, CA and Kansas City, MO, an active member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, describes the marijuana laws as much worse than ineffective: “they waste valuable police resources and also create a lucrative black market that funds cartels and criminal gangs with billions of tax-free dollars." Federal researchers find marijuana to be safer than many legal drugs, so why waste precious law enforcement resources on it?

These officers, judges and prosecutors support Proposition 19 because it:


Stops wasting police on non-violent marijuana offenders and enables them to focus on preventing violent crime,
Cuts off funding to violent gangs and drug cartels,
Reduces marijuana access to children by instituting strict age-limits and public safety controls,
Protects the lives of police officers now at risk in the "drug war," and
Restores mutual respect and good relations between law enforcement and communities bearing the brunt of the current marijuana laws.
These police views are shared by the California Legislative Analyst which says Prop 19 would enable California to put our police priorities where they belong saying it "could result in savings to the state and local governments by reducing the number of marijuana offenders incarcerated in state prisons and county jails, as well as the number placed under county probation or state parole supervision. These savings could reach several tens of millions of dollars annually. The county jail savings would be offset to the extent that jail beds no longer needed for marijuana offenders were used for other criminals who are now being released early because of a lack of jail space."

Proposition 19 is a cautious reform that keeps in mind public safety. It empowers local jurisdictions to decide whether to bring adult use of marijuana within the law and how to regulate it. It maintains strict criminal penalties for driving under the influence, increases the penalty for providing marijuana to a minor, expressly prohibits consumption in public, forbids smoking while minors are present, and bans possession on school grounds.

In addition to being good policy that sets common sense police priorities and regulates marijuana so it is more difficult for children to get, it will generate $1.4 billion in tax revenue each year according to California's tax collector, the Board of Equalization.

California voters should thank the federal drug enforcement bureaucrats for showing that – despite their best efforts over nearly four decades - the marijuana war cannot be won and it is time for voters to do what politicians refuse to do: tax and control marijuana.

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