University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 5, 1980
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From page one said, "There isn't one source, but a lot of individuals bringing in drugs.
"I'm sure there are a lot of people in town making a lot of money, but you're not really going to see people by bus as agent on his annual pligriment down to a bar to try to convince someone to sell him."
THE PROBLEM IS further compounded because those who combine inane intoxication to it others are to be treated. To get to a supplier, agents must work through several tiers of minor sellers, of which the highest
A person who sells marigura in Lawrence confirmed the system that police described. The dealer, who asked not to be told, said he had three pounds a month "to buy food with."
He said his supplier was one of about six dealers in Lawrence who made a living from selling drugs. His supplier distributes marijuana in quantities of a quarter pound to five pounds or 28 persons. The supplier rarely sells quantities under a quarter pound.
The dealer said that those who sold marijuana feared burglars breaking in to steal drugs more than $10 million each and for among dealers is the Internal Revenue Service, who could begin to ask why people with such low reported income had broken into stores and other consumer items.
BECAUSE THE POLICE can rarely get to a main supplier, most arrests involve those who aren't at the heart of the trafficking structure. But when a person is arrested for selling or intent to sell, "we need to arrest and we try to convict," Maleng said.
When police catch someone with only a
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BUT ANOTHER OFFICER, who agreed with the policy, said, "I usually destroy it or eat it. But I can tell you better that way. It is a midmomeran and it is a scar on a person's record. I don't see it."
small amount of marijuana, the district attorney's office recommends that officers destroy the marijuana in front of the person and file a report. If the police learn the suspect had a drug record or had been involved in drug-related incidents, then charges are filed. Otherwise, no charges filed and no permanent record is kept of the case.
"I don't like hassling with it," one officer said. "If it was evident it would be prosecuted, not much would be thrown to the police. I am afraid the reports it all for naught."
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Although officers who disagree with the policy can make arrests, Malone said that in the last year "a series of officers have realized the minimal nature of the offense."
Several police officers, however, said there was no reason to make an arrest if the district attorney would not prosecute.
Another policeman said, "You shake the guy's $8 bag out the window and that hurts more than the window and things you could do to the guy."
All policemen were interviewed on the
condition that their names would not be used
Mallone said other more important crimes deserved the attention of law enforcement agencies. This, combined with the amount of time that officers must enforce the laws, has led to a less strict approach.
IN MOST CASES involving only a small amount of marijuana, usually less than an ounce, the program recommends deferral. The program is a diversion program "within" the system. "Malone said.
The suspect signs a contract with the district attorney, waiving the right to a speed court before it can proceed for about six months. If the person follows the provisions of the contract, which often require community service and payment of $4 in court costs, the charges remain unfolding.
Specialized Court records for 1980 through 1978 show that 23 marijuana cases were filed. Eighteen of those charges were against an probation or parole, and three are pending.
IF OTHER CRIMINAL charges are involved in the case, however, the marijuana charge increases as a bargaining to lower the penalty, and is more important, he will drop the marijuana
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"We don't hesitate to dismiss the man who ransacked me. I'd much rather label someone as a drunk man or a possessor of a small amount of marijuana. It is a much more revealing experience."
If a large amount of marijuana is involved but the police can't prove a felony dealing charge, the case will often be prosecuted as a midmeasurement possession. In these instances, the standard sentence for first time offenders is a jail sentence, probation and a $150 fine court costs.
Associate District Judge Mike Ellsworth, the judge who presides over the Specialized Court, said the sentence was based on the sentence for driving while intoxicated.
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rests offenders, on that type of a marijuana charge, should not be put in jail," he said. "It's not that serious an offense."
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BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS have not always had such a lenient view of the Werner, who was early 70s, when Vern Miller was the state attorney general. Aggressively Elwell, who was
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Leroy McDermott, director of the Douglas County Drug Abuse Council, said, "There
AS THE POLITICAL and social environment of that period faded, however, the aggressive enforcement also died out. "Drug enforcement metric" and "political propaganda" were terms frequently used in officials describing the hard-line approach.
The police had an easier time after they get one of the maps. The harvesters went to go a field and find the police waiting for them.
People would come from all over the country to pick marijuana in the county and the police sped a lot of time changing them. Elwell said a man in a Chicago started selling maps of where the marijuana fields were in, and people would come down to harvest it.
"Some farmer would drive out to plow his field and give six guys flailing away with machetes. So he'd call the sheriff and we'd out and pick them up," he said.
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Vancouver County district attorney's office would get up to 200 cases a year from Miller.
district attorney during that period, saw the evolution of law enforcement views.
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was the hard-nosed political propaganda approach espoused by charlatans such as William Patterson. He could get a lot of publicity by jumping out of car trunks and running into houses with
"As the political climate of the late 1980s and early 70s dimmed down, such figures as Vern Miller receded from the scene. The police are trying to make political hay or suppress a specific subculture unless you are trying to make political hay or suppress a specific subculture in the major law enforcement picture."
MERDEMORT SAID THAT although there was still concern about marijuana, use especially increased among young men. The same study about marijuana than proven problems.*
"It's just evolutionary, people understand more about it now." Elwell said. "Views of the laws that govern human beings and laws are handled in a reflection of that. The dangers haven't proved to be as great."
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