​Cops and Border Patrol Agents Say the Only Real Solution is Marijuana Legalization

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday directing the White House drug czar’s office to develop a plan for stopping Mexican drug cartels from growing marijuana in national parks.

But a group of police officers and judges who fought on the front lines of the “War On Drugs” is pointing out that the only way to actually end the violence and environmental destruction associated with these illicit grows is to legalize and regulate the marijuana trade.

“No matter how many grow operations are eradicated or cartel leaders are arrested, there will always be more people willing to take the risk to earn huge profits in the black market for marijuana,” said Terry Nelson, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent who is now a speaker for the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition ( LEAP ).





​”My more than 30 years of experience in federal drug enforcement tells me that only when we legalize and regulate marijuana will we put a stop to this madness,” Nelson said. “After all, you don’t see too many Mexican wine cartels growing grapes in our national parks, and that’s because alcohol is legal.”