This Former Narcotics Officer Is Now Fighting to Legalize Pot, and Here’s Why | MERRY JANE News

Subscribe to the MERRY JANE Newsletter for the latest video release and everything cannabis: https://goo.gl/Yc7jSN You don’t have to search for long to find a news report about cops arresting some unlucky bloke for marijuana possession. And while there surely are hardened cops that could back off from targeting minorities and young people outside of their schools, it’s easy to forget that these officers are following laws that our elected politicians enacted. In actuality, many of these officers may not agree with the criminalization of pot and the arrests they may have been pressured to make. While active police officers may not feel comfortable talking publicly about their views, retired officers can say whatever they please. So, MERRY JANE News reached out to retired NYPD lieutenant, Joanne Naughton. When she was active in the NYPD, Naughton held many positions, one of them being an undercover agent in the narcotics unit. Today, she is a public defender helping the very people she used to arrest. Naughton is also part of the non-profit group, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, which includes former and current police officers that oppose the War on Drugs. Now that she has hung up her badge, we got her unfiltered thoughts on the drug crisis, the cannabis and narcotics laws she once helped enforce, and what finally made her change her mind. And hey, you may be surprised at what she has to say—check it out in the video above. Read the Full Breakdown of this only on MERRY JANE: https://merryjane.com/culture/this-former-narcotics-office-is-now-fighting-to-legalize-pot-and-heres-why-merry-jane-news MERRY JANE https://merryjane.com Follow MERRY JANE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/merryjane Instagram: https://instagram.com/merryjane Twitter: https://twitter.com/merryjane Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/merryjanemedia Subscribe to MERRY JANE's channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/merryjane