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Group seeks drug legalization in Oklahoma

 
BRIAN KIMBALL | Modified: June 16, 2009 at 9:28 pm | Published: June 15, 2009    Comment on this article Leave a comment


A group of current and retired law enforcement and legal personnel claim they have the answer to ending the war on drugs.

"We’re all calling for an end to drug prohibition. We want to end it just like we ended alcohol prohibition in 1933,” said Jack Cole, executive director for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, or LEAP.

photo - This billboard, sponsored by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, will be on display until July 9. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
This billboard, sponsored by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, will be on display until July 9. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN

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"The day after we ended that nasty law, Al Capone and all of his smuggling buddies were out of business,” he said.

LEAP boasts roughly 13,000 members, among them 102 in Oklahoma; only 11 of the state’s members have law enforcement experience. LEAP put up a billboard at 7800 N Broadway that reads: "Drug Abuse is Bad. The Drug War is Worse.” Cole said the reason for this ad campaign is to open the public’s eyes to the true cost of the war on drugs.

However, LEAP represents a minority of the nation’s law enforcement. Mark Woodward, spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, said legalizing and regulating drugs would cause more problems than it would solve.

"It’s frightening and reckless that a group of law enforcement officers would endorse something like that.

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