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This series is designed to analyze and interpret the role our Laurinburg Police and Scotland County Sheriff departments play, as we quest for solutions to severely depressed economies and a rising tide of violent crime.

Laurinburg Police recently <span style="color: #0000ff;">arrested</span> several subjects as part of a months long investigation into a Vance Street convenience store for allegedly selling synthetic marijuana, known as Spice.

Dealing in, selling or promoting illegal drugs cannot be described as a wise move. Doing so from a convenience store, while certainly 'ahead of its time' from a business perspective, was just plain stupid. Any perceived benefits, including profits, will now flow to bail-bondsmen, the legal profession and prison industrial complex.

Two of the suspects appear to be of Middle Eastern origin, which given the current climate, cannot be considered a plus when it comes to garnering judicial sympathy (if there was any to be had in the first place).

How does this story fit into the Big Picture?

Certainly, if we are to turn things around in Laurinburg and Scotland County, change must occur. Change can be both difficult and disconcerting.

Was selling marijuna (synthetic or otherwise) just a business proposition that's ahead of it's time? After all, a growing list of states  now permit the legal consumption and sale of marijuana. An overwhelming majority of Americans favor this trend, and even our federal government has slacked off in it's harsh treatment of marijuana offenders, agreeing to pretty much look the other way.

Prestigious <span style="color: #0000ff;">professionals and organizations</span> now call for not only the decriminalization of marijuana, but all drugs. Portugal took this step well over a decade ago and none of the disasters that opponents predicted have come to pass. The whole thing turned out to be 'much ado about nothing'.

Can we reverse the trend of our young citizens leaving, and can we expect to attract retirees is we don't change course? Statistics clearly show that millennials, gen X and Baby Boomers all favor decriminalization by a wide margin.

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LINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/24/top-medical-experts-say-we-should-decriminalize-all-drugs-and-maybe-go-even-further/

LINK: http://laurinburgexchange.com/news/4543/clerks-charged-with-selling-fake-marijuana

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