Potheaded
Students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst thought they caught a break in 2000 when a town-wide referendum passed that asked the police department not to strictly enforce marijuana violations. The measure requested that the police use fines rather than imprisonment. Apparently the police department neglected to tell the students led by the Cannabis Reform Coalition (CRC) that they weren’t planning on honoring the town’s request. Since 2000 more than 500 people have been arrested on marijuana related charges.
To get a sense of how far the students are divorced from reality, you only have to read the following quote from UMass student and CRC member Justin Sawyer who said “At the CRC, we feel strongly that the police are going beyond legal conduct… We feel that’s not the correct way to allocate [town] resources.” Really? The police enforce the law and they are going beyond legal conduct? I thought the students would have been smart enough to realize this referendum wasn’t a law. Then again maybe the effects of too much marijuana clouded their judgment.
Score this one Police 1, Potheads 0.
Don Irvine in the Chairman of Accuracy in Media, AIA’s sister organization.
Don Irvine
Donald Irvine is the chairman of of Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a non-profit research group reporting on bias in education. Irvine follows his father’s legacy, Reed Irvine, to critically analyze the liberal media’s bias and brings over thirty years of media analysis experience. He has published countless blog posts and articles on media bias, in context of current events, and he has been interviewed by many news media outlets during his professional career. He currently hosts a livestream weekly show on AIA’s Facebook page which discusses current events.
Irvine graduated from the University of Maryland and rose up the ranks to become chairman of Accuracy in Media until his transition to AIA.
He resides in the suburbs around the nation’s capital and is a proud father and grandfather.
