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Sheriff: Military base bigger source of El Paso crime increase than Juarez cartels

David Crowder at El Paso Inc. has published an extensive interview with El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles covering several subjects that may interest Grits readers. Marijuana laws Wiles offered his opinion that the state's marijuana laws are counterproductive, declaring "I?m not for legalization, per se, but I think the way we deal with the end user is probably not appropriate. Maybe, we should keep the law in place where the due process is still there to protect people?s rights ? but rather than put you in jail, we?re going to put you in treatment and concentrate the jail and prison time on the people who are supplying it." To Wiles, "it seems to me to be quite harsh to take an 18-year-old kid, find a joint on him, charge him with a Class B misdemeanor, and if he?s convicted or pleads guilty and gets put on a month?s probation, all of a sudden, he can?t get student loans anymore and probably can?t get hired as a police officer for a length of time...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 04, 2010 (boomark / email).