Justice has been served!

Did you hear the collective sigh of relief from the community of Tampa Bay yesterday? Thanks to some wonderful police work and the grinding wheels of the justice system, yet another tragedy (terrorist plot?) was narrowly averted. John Haring was arrested and we can all breathe a little easier knowing that this criminal is off of the streets. Haring, a 46 year old Clearwater man. committed the heinous crime of growing a few Marijuana plants for his own use for pain management. Fortunately he was caught before he could cause some serious damage. One thing that I forgot to mention was this, Haring is a quadriplegic that is using the pot that he grows for pain management rather than the harsh prescription pain medications that he has been prescribed. It's a good thing that the police are out fighting this war on drugs so that criminals like Haring can be kept off of the streets with his Stephen Hawking model wheelchair.
Ok, aren't the cops trying to find ways to cut thier budget? Is this really the crimefighting that we need to be spending money on right now? Every time someone mentions a real crime problem like border patrol or keeping tabs on molesters, someone pipes up with the old famous line; "we don't have the manpower or resources to spend on these problems." Here's an idea; how about we take the crack team of detectives that were working the Haring case and put them on some real crimes? The next time you hear some government official whining about not having enough money, take out the newspaper that has the Haring story in it, roll it up and shove it right up their goddamn ass. Also, what about the cop that found the pot? Couldn't he just have destroyed it and given Haring a verbal warning? Don't tell me that doesn't happen in other circumstances... Haven't you ever been let off of a speeding ticket? How about we mix in some common sense with law enforcement? Just an idea...