Letter: Clay Incident Shows How Warped Approach To Drug Policy Has Become
Rich Moore
March 10, 2009
The Citizen-Times (NC)
Regarding the story, “Clay sheriff makes beer run for drug officers,” (AC-T, March 3): So, the Clay County Sheriff buys and distributes alcoholic beverages to his drug warriors while on duty. What kind of message does that send to the kids out there?
While no human being has ever overdosed from pot and statistics show that alcohol is far more damaging in every regard than cannabis, we see police swilling beers while destroying a garden that produced plants created by God and called “good” by Him (see Genesis in the Bible).
Did those deputies drive after drinking alcohol on the job? I can hardly think of a more telling comparison than this: Beer-swilling cops congratulating each other for taking down a harmless pot garden meant for adult consumption; if that isn’t a case study in hypocrisy and insane policy, what is?
The Clay cops point out with their actions the idiocy of the current drug laws and the insanity of prohibition. If cops can use harmful drugs while on the job, why can’t a cancer or chronic pain patient use cannabis without fear of alcohol-fueled cops storming in their homes?
There is no excuse for promoting alcohol consumption on the job, especially when guns and driving are involved. | 
