Public opinion alone has shifted in favor of sensible reforms that are geared towards health-based approaches and reducing the role of law enforcement in drug policy. But organizations including police forces continue to profit from the rooted ways of the drug war. In a Washington Post article, Dennis Flaherty, executive director of the MPPOA, explains that “legalization- in any form- could lead to harmful reductions in federal grants that are an important funding source for many police agencies…” This places a strong incentive on police agencies to make drug policy a high
Public opinion alone has shifted in favor of sensible reforms that are geared towards health-based approaches and reducing the role of law enforcement in drug policy. But organizations including police forces continue to profit from the rooted ways of the drug war. In a Washington Post article, Dennis Flaherty, executive director of the MPPOA, explains that “legalization- in any form- could lead to harmful reductions in federal grants that are an important funding source for many police agencies…” This places a strong incentive on police agencies to make drug policy a high