Pubdate: Wed, 03 Feb 2010
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
Copyright: 2010 Madison Newspapers, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.mapinc.org/media/506
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Author: Jim Blair

POT CRIMES CONSUME TIME, EFFORT, MONEY

In Friday's guest column about budget cuts and prosecutor positions,
Mary T. Wagner asks which crimes we should ignore.

The obvious choice: Those related to pot.

How much do we spend on arresting, prosecuting and jailing kids over
pot? And to what end? To export jobs and money from local farmers to
Mexican drug lords.

- - Jim Blair, Madison 
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