Dear RCMP

I'm going to start this by saying flat out, that I do not care whether weed is decriminalized or not. I could seriously care less. As a person that does not smoke weed though, I am getting really fucking sick of how liberally this "crime" is committed in public, while our law enforcers do nothing to stop it.

There has been a lot of criticism of the RCMP recently in the news, and people are crying for them to step up and earn the public respect again. In my opinion the issue of marijuana would be a pretty damn good place to start. On 4/20, thousands of pot enthusiasts staged protests at legislature buildings and at parliament on Ottawa. They turned up, and at 4:20 p.m. a cloud of weed smoke rose up from the crowd - as the gathered RCMP watched.

This frustrated me. In a society where we are watching our RCMP's credibility sink lower and lower, they watched a group of people do something totally illegal, and did absolutely nothing about it. Like I have said, I have no opinion on what happens with decriminalization, but the way I see it, is if something is illegal, shouldn't the police do something about it when they see people committing the offence?

This is what I have always believed our police officers are supposed to do. Our elected officials make the laws and decide what is legal and illegal, and our police officers enforce those. But when it comes to weed, the RCMP does absolutely nothing. If they are not willing to act on a law that lawmakers have not overturned, then why do we have it? It makes the case for decriminalization right there. When a society as a whole decides not to act on a law, but keep it in place, it makes the rest of them loose credibility.

So here's what I think - either enforce it, or get rid of it. I'm sick of watching RCMP officers do nothing when they are looking for a way to get back in the public's good graces.It is time to fix things for yourselves, and act on the laws that you have been asked to enforce for our society.

Also, perhaps the best possible way to get back in the public's good books, is to start respecting the laws you are supposed to enforce yourselves.

From a Canadian wanting a real law enforcement.

And as a side bar - this is actually why I wanted to write this in the first place - I am sick of little girls posting pictures of themselves smoking weed in Facebook. Again, IT IS ILLEGAL, and it is becoming increasingly more apparent that Facebook is a very public forum, and those pictures are not just for your friends to see, no matter how tight you keep your security settings. Eventually, you will grow up past 17 and decide that you want to get a real job. It is easy for your future employer to search up your Facebook profile, find those pictures and cross you off that dream-job list.

Be responsible, children.

Love,
Annalee.