canadian marijuana advocate blasts hypocrisy of ex police cashing in on cannabis /

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Former public servants and police officers are finding opportunities in the countrys fledgling industry – including some who were once adamantly anti-potOne of Canada’s most prominent marijuana activists has taken aim at former police officers who enjoy entered the country’s fledgling cannabis industry,saying it was “hard to stomach” that those who spent years sending people to jail for pot offences are now poised to profit as the country moves towards legalisation.“It’s a mix of hypocrisy (Pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have.) and pure profiteering,” Jodie Emery told the Guardian. “They made a living off tax dollars for trying to sustain people out of the cannabis business and now they’re going to position themselves to cash in.”Continue reading...

Source: guardian.co.uk

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