Drug busts!

[Akzle]

okay.
so you've probably heard about all these fabulous drug busts.
and how they've hauled some hundred thousand dollars in "crime money" and some tonnage of cannabis, and made a few hundred arrests in a ~6 month operation.

now, arbitrarily saying it takes 6 cops for 6 months per arrest, and using the 184 number that i read....and given that cops start at 50k/year. it starts to add up quick, just in man hours.

just how fucking economical is enforcing this anti-cannabis policy?

in terms of cost-benefit i'd say it's weighing fairly in the former and lacking in the latter.

but hey. drugs are bad, and cops are good. or something. right?

[MIXONE]

Yeah the cops could even make a profit by setting up tinny houses.

[nzspokes]

Its the law. Police uphold the law. HTH

[Coldrider]

okay.
so you've probably heard about all these fabulous drug busts.
and how they've hauled some hundred thousand dollars in "crime money" and some tonnage of cannabis, and made a few hundred arrests in a ~6 month operation.

now, arbitrarily saying it takes 6 cops for 6 months per arrest, and using the 184 number that i read....and given that cops start at 50k/year. it starts to add up quick, just in man hours.

just how fucking economical is enforcing this anti-cannabis policy?

in terms of cost-benefit i'd say it's weighing fairly in the former and lacking in the latter.

but hey. drugs are bad, and cops are good. or something. right?

What is Chappelle Corbys hourly rate?

[mashman]

don't forget the 90k it costs to keep them inside for a year. The legal money that could be made out of something that goes on day in and day out, albeit that it's very very bad for you coz you could die or kill someone or kill someone after you die etc... would be worth changing it's status imho. Unfortunately too many people are scared that stoners will become glued to their couches and not become Olympians or anything useful, like doctors, or pilots, or flying doctors... it's just too scarey coz we'll all die, even with evidence to the contrary. Mind you, dunno what Mr woop woop call da Police man will do with his time.

Let's not let logic get in the way of a good prejudice... there's no telling where that could end up, it ain't like cannabis makes you think

[mashman]

What is Chappelle Corbys whourly rate?

fixed for ya

[flyingcrocodile46]

What's the point in balancing books that are going to be tossed on a fire when the objective is to smash the printing press?

[jellywrestler]

in terms of cost-benefit i'd say it's weighing fairly in the former and lacking in the latter.

what's the ratio compared with the Scott Guy murder trial?

[mashman]

What's the point in balancing books that are going to be tossed on a fire when the objective is to smash the printing press?

Fire? Smashing the printing press? They do say that drugs aren't for everyone.

[Berries]

The law is wrong when it comes to cannabis. It is as simple as that.

[Subike]

I would tell you a story about my adventures with ........oh fuck forgotten again

[unstuck]

Well they aint got my white rhino.

[Madness]

Akzle, you should pm Ed. I'm sure he's researched this subject extensively.

[Scuba_Steve]

Its the law. Police uphold the law. HTH

Police break the law on a daily basis, & they tend to pick & choose which laws they "uphold".
Like why spend so much effort on weed when 'P' is what they should be shutting down!?
Answer usually comes in the form of, easier target which still makes them look like they're doing something.
In the end have they really achieved anything? not really, just put a few small bottom feeders on a more expensive tax payer holiday while P carries on destroying NZ like usual.

The law is wrong when it comes to cannabis. It is as simple as that.

^ that! The law is wrong when it comes to alot of things, but yes I'd like to see cannabis legalised & taxed the shit outta. NZ would be much better off for it.

[FJRider]

but hey. drugs are bad, and cops are good. or something. right?

As you have stated on plenty of occasions ... you are not part of, nor wish to be part of ... "OUR" society. Therefore it is none of your business, what "OUR" police do with "OUR" taxpayers money.

If you claim that you have (reluctantly) paid anything in the way of a tax of any type to "OUR" Goverment .... that is the admission you ARE indeed part of "OUR" society. Thus subject to it's rules.