On AlterNet: leap

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Why is Obama So Chicken, Unwilling to Even Address the Question of Pot and the Failed Drug War?

Erik Altieri, AlterNet. January 31, 2012.

Pot policy questions were front-and-center in the White House's "Your Interview With the President" YouTube campaign, but Obama refused to acknowledge them.

Anonymous Cop Explains Why Police Aren't More Critical of Drug War: "We Are Trained From Day One to Detach Ourselves, to Simply Enforce the Law"

Anonymous, AlterNet. January 20, 2012.

An anonymous police officer writes how things like ego, economic concerns, and denial prevent cops from speaking out against the drug war.

When the Cop Is the Criminal: Preying on Drug Addicts

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. December 11, 2011.

Patrick J. Sullivan's experience as a cop is making him an exception when it should make him an example. The former "Sheriff of the Year" has a very shady past.

Unjust Termination? How Supporting Marijuana Decriminalization Got One Cop Fired

Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story. November 28, 2011.

Joe Miller worked as a probation officer for nearly three years before he was fired for adding his name to a Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) letter.

DEA Forced to Scrub Misleading Info on the American Medical Association's Position on Marijuana

Charmie Gholson, AlterNet. December 7, 2009.

Activists get the DEA to remove obsolete information from its website claiming that the American Medical Association (AMA) still opposes medical marijuana