Houston Chronicle: No, Houstonians shouldn’t 'shut up…
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Houston Chronicle: No, Houstonians shouldn’t 'shut up' about marijuana arrests
The Houston Chronicle editorial board has a piece calling on HPD to quit wasting officers' time and taxpayer resources on low-level marijuana arrests. Here is a key quote:
>We don’t need a return to the bad old days, when our county jail cells and misdemeanor court dockets were littered with nonviolent offenders at an exorbitant cost to the taxpayer. Houston and Harris County have made great progress driving down crime rates without prohibition-style dragnets. Focus on the drug kingpins and traffickers bringing hard stuff to our neighborhoods and streets, and leave the low-level pot smokers alone.
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The Houston Chronicle editorial board has a piece calling on HPD to quit wasting officers' time and taxpayer resources on low-level marijuana arrests. Here is a key quote:
>We don’t need a return to the bad old days, when our county jail cells and misdemeanor court dockets were littered with nonviolent offenders at an exorbitant cost to the taxpayer. Houston and Harris County have made great progress driving down crime rates without prohibition-style dragnets. Focus on the drug kingpins and traffickers bringing hard stuff to our neighborhoods and streets, and leave the low-level pot smokers alone.
#local
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