The time-honored practice of sneaking offenders out the back door of parole and early release is the best evidence of the dearth of funds. There's plenty of blame to go around. I guess he would rather talk tough and count the bodies. Our prison managers have allowed drug abuse to flourish behind bars. Any reader contemplating tougher sentences for narcotics possession, should first talk to a guard.
Police officers have no incentive to support anything other than the status quo.
The Hollywood version of the war on drugs casts us as the good guys. The silence of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police makes me wonder how many senior officers built careers in drug enforcement. At some point the policing profession must live up to its image, place public safety ahead of careers and take up the leadership challenge abdicated by elected officials. Our Keystone Kops raid on a downtown hemp cafe doesn't indicate that this will happen any time soon. Decriminalization would not result in heroin sold at a corner stores alongside the penny candy.