The group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, an organization comprised of police officers, prosecutors, judges and other criminal justice professionals, endorsed Initiative 502 in Washington State. The initiative, if approved by voters, would legalize and tightly regulate marijuana for adults over the age of 21. From LEAP’s endorsement: Norm Stamper, the former Seattle chief and a [...]
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Endorses I-502 in Washington |
| By: Jon Walker Thursday March 22, 2012 9:25 am |
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Cop’s Drug Policy Question to Obama #1 in YouTube Contest |
| By: Michael Whitney Thursday January 27, 2011 9:23 am |
MacKenzie Allen, the retired deputy sheriff and a currently a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), has the #1 question in YouTube’s “Ask Obama” contest, in which President Obama will answer the top-voted questions in a live interview to be broadcast this afternoon from the White House. Allen’s question got twice as many votes as the next-highest voted question.
Former Police Chief Urges President Obama to Join Mexican President Calderon in Debate on Legalizing Marijuana |
| By: Michael Whitney Wednesday August 4, 2010 9:04 am |
As Mexico’s government announced the death toll in the four-year-long war with drug cartels totaled more than 28,000, President Felipe Calderon called for a debate on legalizing drugs to fight the cartels. Norm Stamper, a 34-year veteran police officer who was Seattle’s chief of police and is now a speaker with the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), issued the following statement for the Just Say Now campaign to legalize marijuana
