Recent trouble with alcoholic cops and booze-fueled police orgies have spawned a movement to allow officers of the Denver Police Department to smoke weed alongside their fellow citizens. In related news … Super Troopers.
Recent trouble with alcoholic cops and booze-fueled police orgies have spawned a movement to allow officers of the Denver Police Department to smoke weed alongside their fellow citizens. In related news … Super Troopers.
The rationale is that if officers with the Denver Police Department were allowed to get high as an alternative to getting drunk, the department would theoretically have less trouble with alcoholic cops. This is the recent consensus of national pot advocacy group, the Marijuana Policy Project, who has taken responsibility for pushing the DPD to update their anti-weed regulations.
Currently, police aren't allowed to smoke or eat weed at any time, ever, but the Marijuana Policy Project is trying to make it so they can smoke off-duty, if they're chill and promise not to eat all the Cheetoes.
Earlier last week, Denver Police Chief Robert White said he was “frustrated” with the apparent alcohol abuse problem within his department, citing seven unsavory incidents amongst his offiers that have been directly associated with alcohol. He recently announced that he was ordering a review of how the department deals with alcohol abuse among its own. "I'm concerned for the officers," said White. "I'm concerned for their wellness.” So, it appears as if the man in charge might be down to experiment with the devil's grass if it means less alcohol abuse among his officers. He's like the "cool dad" or something.
However, one problem stands between the DPD and the soothing wonder of THC: repealing the ban on off-duty marijuana use is prohibited by law. That's where the Marijuana Policy Project comes in; they'll be launching a campaign to get the Denver police to join forces with other Colorado police departments to amend those polices in favor of the well-being of their officers.
But, one pot-enthusiast wants to take things a step further …
Personally, we just hope that if the DPD is allowed to smoke weed, our roadside sobriety tests will look a little something like this:
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