Pubdate: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 Source: Ashbury Park Press (NJ) Copyright: 2015 Ashbury Park Press Contact: http://www.app.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5542 Author: Dominick Bucci BUCCI: LEGALIZE POT, PUT DEALERS OUT OF BUSINESS I spent 25 years in the New Jersey State Police, 22 of them as a narcotics officer, and I support legalizing marijuana. I have seen firsthand that marijuana sold on the street can be adulterated with all kinds of additives including opium, PCP and formaldehyde. I have seen street dealers, some as young as 12, selling other drugs along with marijuana. Once, during a street operation in Hoboken, I witnessed a 16 year-old male sell drugs to a 10 year-old girl. Legalizing and regulating marijuana will put street dealers out of business and prevent many of these scenarios in the future. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt