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Newsbrief:
Waco
Police
Department
Goes
Easier
on
Applicants
with
Past
Marijuana
Use
History
9/20/02
A Waco, Texas, police department
policy that disqualified potential officers if they had used marijuana
more than 50 times was costing the department good men and women who went
on to have successful law enforcement careers with other agencies, Police
Chief Alberto Melis said, so they threw it out. According to an Associated
Press dispatch this week, the department will now only reject candidates
who admit to having smoked in the past two years.
Melis called the policy change
a sign of the times, noting that the Waco policy was still more restrictive
than those of many big city police departments, but some of the rank and
file were grumbling. "I guess what they are telling us is that it
is OK to be a drug addict," said one officer who refused to give his name.
"There are just a whole lot of us who have been here a long time who don't
think the department should lower its standards on any level, especially
on drugs."
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Issue #255, 9/20/02
Editorial: Striking at the Heart of Democracy | Do You Read The Week Online? | California Medical Marijuana: Another Bust, Giveaways in Santa Cruz and San Diego, Mass Demo Set for Sacramento Monday | Ordeal of the Pain Doctors: Weitzel Facing Prison for Minor Records Violation, Still Anticipates Vindication in Manslaughter Case | Drug Czar on Anti-Marijuana Crusade -- Threatens Canada, Unleashes New Propaganda Offensive | Rep. Mink Introduces Bill to Reinstate Federal Parole -- Could Free Tens of Thousands If Passed | Swedish Drug War Hardliners Attempt to Block Anti-Prohibition Conference at European Parliament | Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision | Newsbrief: DC Medical Marijuana Initiative Yanked from Ballot | Newsbrief: Leahy Drops Support for RAVE Act | Newsbrief: Mexican Senate Panel to Look at Approving Medical Marijuana | MarijuanaInfo.org Votes/Polls Section Updated | Newsbrief: Sentencing Project Finds Most Drug Offenders Are Nonviolent, Minorities | Newsbrief: Illinois Governor Candidate Says He Smoked Pot -- Sort Of | Newsbrief: Waco Police Department Goes Easier on Applicants with Past Marijuana Use History | Web Scan: Arianna Huffington, Action America, Cultural Baggage, Bob Herbert, Mark Fiore | Errata: New York Marijuana Reform Party | The Reformer's Calendar
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