(ANTIMEDIA) — After almost fifty years of the war on drugs, Americans are increasingly skeptical. But police officers around the country continue to dig their heels into enforcing the archaic policy.

Case in point: Over the weekend, NYPD officers made a low-level drug bust of cannabis and several vape cartridges, as well as a smattering of small baggies filled with white powder. The officers boasted about their achievement on Twitter, claiming they had taken down a Latin King Crew gang member and removed the “poison” from their community. In the photo, they also displayed $100, made up of a few twenties, tens, and fives.

Though that tweet received little traction, the NYPD News account also announced the drug bust, only to receive hundreds of responses mocking the officers over their claim that they are “Keeping #Flushing#Queens safe.”

And with that, the trolls were out.

Some mocked the police’s behavior and belief they are actually having success in their war on drugs:

Great job NYPD, the war on drugs is over now ? — Charlie (@CharlieOneTime) July 29, 2017

dang y'all finally put caught El Chapo huh. congrats — shriller than thou (@theshrillest) July 29, 2017

Wow, real bang-up job guys. What's that $100 and maybe three ounces of pot? I'm sure the Sinaloa cartel will be outta business any day now. — Andrew M (@VomitingBrain1) July 28, 2017

Wow. Thanks for keeping such a "dangerous" person off the streets. What high school does he/she go to? — Meg Bee (@oneretrocupcake) July 28, 2017

Lol there are more drugs in a Coachella porta potty on any given day, but ok. — Sarah (@UberGuber) July 28, 2017

Huh. I always figured the cops in the biggest city in America had better things to do than ruin high school house parties. — Cassian Porkins (@RoboticWizard) July 28, 2017

Thank GOD 4 our boys (yes boys!) in BLUE.

keep our GOOD CHRISTIAN neighborhood safe from the devil's lettuce and alien propaganda!!! — G?️?️D Graphics!! (@Relicmouth) July 29, 2017

damn y'all went in today — felly (@fellythekid) July 29, 2017

That's it?! Yikes. Let's not talk about my sock drawer… — Jesse Ryan (@ImFlyinJryan) July 28, 2017

lol whew! Glad you saved us from 4.6 high hungry college kids — Moxie Roxie Heart (@Kay_Play) July 29, 2017

On that note, one Twitter user pointed out the real victim of weed being off the street:

Hahahaha McDonald's is like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! — kiddle (@kiddle) July 29, 2017

User Rich Lowtax Kyanka took an absurdist approach:

thank god we are finally free from the menace of Mr. $100 And A Bag of Weed — Rich Lowtax Kyanka (@lowtax) July 29, 2017

NYPD please arres youre tweet .it Has committed The Weed Crime,, pic.twitter.com/JH5xDO29AE — Rich Lowtax Kyanka (@lowtax) July 29, 2017

hi NYPD I committed 96 crimes. with the power of The drug Weed. you cannot stop me! i will do more crimes — Rich Lowtax Kyanka (@lowtax) July 30, 2017

So did this Twitter user:

wow, you sure gave those dope smokers theirs! i once died from three marijuana snorts, now i know better — Izzy Goose Commander (@Isabel_A_17) July 28, 2017

Many trolls zeroed in on the small display of bills the officers confiscated:

Wow look at all those 10's and 20's lol – you just ruined some party, didn't make a thing safer. — Julia PlanetDisco (@djjulia) July 28, 2017

THERE ARE FIVE DOLLAR BILLS smfh — adampsyche (@adampsyche) July 29, 2017

I like how you spread the dough out so we can see the economic damage caused by these hardcore gangsta-ass….Im gonna say comedy writers? — Chris Resists (@stokith) July 29, 2017

Wow $100! Glad that big roller is off the streets of Flushing! — Monica (@Ms_MaryContrary) July 28, 2017

You guys can throw a tiny pizza party with all that money! — supdoe (@coastally1337) July 29, 2017

Better look up a coupon code first, I don't think ya'll have enough .? — Lil kat (@RealSickofitAll) July 29, 2017

Better skip the toppings too. — supdoe (@coastally1337) July 29, 2017

so..#Queens #flushing tax payers will pay hundreds of thousands of $$ (court+jail) for a "catch" worth less than 300$?? — NiN Jah ? (@NiNJah__) July 29, 2017

Lol is that a 100 bucks in drug money!!! ? Trappa of da year — 77 birds (@qmaineOTCG) July 29, 2017

thank god you got that blood money off the street before they made enough for a monthly metrocard — David Hill (@davehill77) July 29, 2017

Next time y'all pinch from the stash, try leaving enough to justify the paperwork. — Rob Granniss ? (@marquis_po_sad) July 29, 2017

And the gif reactions were on point:

At least one Twitter user pointed out the white powder also featured in the picture:

There are like 4 dime bags of crack in the pic too… — KDP ? (@KeahPatterson1) July 29, 2017

But still came out against the war on drugs:

The "war on drugs" is an epic failure that's torn apart families & destroyed communities. — KDP ? (@KeahPatterson1) July 29, 2017

But, most importantly, some trolls simply called a spade a spade, foregoing sarcasm to point out the hypocrisies and failures of the war on drugs and police in general:

this is the worst gang of all time — CK (@cranekicker) July 29, 2017

100 dollars and a weeks worth of weed /: there's bigger problems in NEW YORK. Shitty landlords

Corrupt establishments

Money laundering — Sean Marcano (@Sean_Marcano) July 28, 2017

Somebody will get 20 years in jail for that while Wall St fraudsters can crash the whole economy costing Trillions and nothing. — Fiat Money (@fiat_money) July 29, 2017

Solve a real crime. Like, a crime with a victim, ya know? — michael o'neill (@michael20270505) July 28, 2017

Lmao, u ruined some poor communities weekend bunch of disabled ppl won't have the medicinal products they need ? — Glock Lesnar (@YankeeluvnGiant) July 29, 2017

oh gosh thanks for protecting us from marijuana and like 45$ in cash. Maybe for your next trick stop murdering citizens in cold blood? — BOTANIC GARDEN TANKY (@JBsBroadsword) July 29, 2017

(According to NORML, pursuant to New York cannabis laws, if the suspects are charged with and convicted of selling concentrates — the alien vape cartridges — it’s possible they could face up to 15 years in prison and a $15,000 fine).

Considering many Americans can accept the failure of the war on drugs, perhaps it’s time for cops to stop enforcing laws that don’t represent the American people — and that have failed to stop the flow of drugs and the problem of addiction.

As these users observed:

how's it feel to have literally everyone making fun of you? — ?Hungryghoast ? (@Hungryghoast) July 28, 2017

Wow…trying to embarrass them or yourselves with this picture? — Laura?? (@TheLauraAbernat) July 29, 2017

U would have been applauded by our fearful grandparents. Today,not so much. U have to KNOW society doesn't support this type of time wasting — Chris Esturo (@ChrisEsturo) July 29, 2017

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