Congress Bid by Ex-Narc Who Backs Pot!!

DALLAS (AP) - A former narcotics officer who advocates the legalization of drugs has a new career goal - congressman. Barry Cooper is running as a Libertarian candidate in the 31st Congressional District in Central Texas. He faces Republican incumbent John Carter and Democrat Brian P. Ruiz, a consultant. None of the three has an opponent in Tuesday's primary. Cooper, a police officer in several Texas towns, became a successful narcotics officer after joining the Permian Basin Drug Task Force, a regional group in West Texas. Cooper, 38, said he took part in 800 drug busts, and seized more than 50 vehicles and $500,000 in cash and assets. However, he soured on his former profession and now advocates the legalization of drugs, saying that would mean addicts could receive better treatment and drug-related crimes would decrease. Cooper said laws prohibiting the growing, selling and consumption of drugs, marijuana in particular, are misguided. "Americans are not going to stop growing it, they're not going to stop buying it, they're not going to stop smoking it, even if you continue to put them in jail," Cooper said. He has been selling tips on marijuana use. His latest DVD, "Never Get Raided," shows how to buy, sell and grow pot without going to jail, and how to identify undercover officers.
I chose to show you readers this article to support my last post. This is an ex-narcotics police officer that is for pot being legalized and is now running for Congress. This man is well experienced in dealing with drugs and even he thinks that pot should not be taken as seriously as they have been over the past years. This is probably because it costs us as U.S. citizens thousands of dollars a year to put all of these offenders in prison. I feel if this country starts to focus on the more serious crimes and stop trying to fill seats in prisons we might save some money in taxes or at least put it toward education and not housing minor criminals. I hope Cooper gets into Congress because instead of trying to make laws harsher for minor offenses I feel he might try and emphasize on the more serious crimes like murder and rape. I guess we’ll have to see what happens but I’m hoping it’s going to turn around soon because we as a country are beginning to split.