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“consider ending drug prohibition” “stop the hypocrisy.” –Frank Serpico

One of our readers doesn’t believe Frank Serpico is for legalization of drugs, despite what
filmmaker Connie Littlefield
and LEAP say.
Fair enough: that’s circumstantial evidence.
Let’s see what Serpico himself says.

Frank Serpico in his blog,

27 March 2007:



DAMAGE DONE

THE DRUG WAR ODYSSEY

THE FILM

THE COPS

THE FILM MAKERS

After 30 years of drug war, illegal narcotics are decreasing in price,
increasing in purity and demand continues to surge. The heroes of
this film are veterans of the drug war and they urge us to consider
ending drug prohibition. They have had a complete revolution in their
thinking. Now they are working to end the War on Drugs. Find out what
happened to change their minds.

http://www.drugwarodyssey.com/

Serpico

quoted in the website for the film he recommends:


“I think Prohibition is causing the public to lose their respect because
they’re enforcing laws that basically aren’t hurting anybody. I think
we have to stop the hypocrisy.”

That website’s

summary of the film:

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Serpico for legalization of drugs



Connie Littlefield remarks that

Legalizing marijuana makes pot smoking uncool:

I was in Amsterdam because my documentary, Damage Done: The Drug War
Odyssey, was being screened as part of a Cannabis Tribunal. Former NYPD
detective Frank Serpico, who is in my film, travelled with me.

We were invited to speak because Damage Done is about a group of cops,
including Frank, and Canadian Senator Larry Campbell, who believe that
the War on Drugs does more harm than the drugs themselves.

We presented a copy of our film to the chief of the Amsterdam-Amstelland
Police, who told me that he became a cop because of Frank.

Her film is

DAMAGE DONE: The Drug War Odyssey,
here describe on the LEAP site:

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