IS TWO OUNCES OF MARIJUANA WORTH ENTRAPMENT & CRIMINAL CHARGES?

Was it Shakespeare who coined the phrase "Much ado about nothing"? One of these years marijuana will be decriminalized but guess what? All the citizens charged and convicted over the last one hundred years won't be decriminalized. Something is basically very wrong with laws that criminalize individuals who at worst may be hurting themselves but not others. In this "criminal" case who exactly is the victim? Pretty clearly this officer has some serious issues that need to be resolved. This among other things is bringing the police and the administration of justice into disrepute.

There was a time when police had the reputation for hiding behind the "blue wall". Apparently that's gone down the drain when an undercover officer from another force is brought in to tempt a Waterloo Regional Police officer with a couple of ounces of weed. I agree it would be hypocritical for local police to arrest citizens for marijuana use and then turn a blind eye to its' use by their own officers. It's a bad law but two wrongs don't make a right and using entrapment to nail him criminally is reprehensible. Is this really the best solution the brains at WRPS can come up with? The impression I'm getting is that this officer is very unpopular for some other reason than what the public has been told. Today's Waterloo Region Record carrys the story: "Waterloo Regional Police officer admits stealing marijuana at work".