Re: Ask Freerollin` about 10 years in Law Enforcement
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As a prosecutor, what percentage of your cases were drug cases?
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Way too many. Probably 30%
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Did you ever feel dirty or immoral about prosecuting someone for a possession charge? Did others in your department feel this way?
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Absolutely. The war on drugs is a catastrophe and a never ending cycle of violence. The middlemen and "bottom of the barrel" members of the drug trade, along with the users, are the one who keep getting tossed in jail while the big ones just keep on raking in the cash.
Prosecuting drug cases is one of the reasons I became disillusioned and left.
Many young prosecutors (under 35) - and a lot of police - feel the same way as I do, and it's frustrating because a lot of the higher ups in most offices are older, set in their ways, and incapable of realizing how futile the war on drugs is.
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