Why Is the Word Narcotic, Misused in Law Enforcement?
Question by heatishellinflorida: Why is the word narcotic, misused in Law Enforcement?
In U.S.legal context, narcotic refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic or fully synthetic substitutes “as well as cocaine and coca leaves,” which although classified as “narcotics” in the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (CSA), are chemically not narcotics. Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is not a narcotic. Neither are LSD and other psychedelic drugs.[4]
Many law enforcement officials in the United States inaccurately use the word “narcotic” to refer to any illegal drug or any unlawfully possessed drug.
Out of encylopedia Britanic
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Answer by ret_roch_cop
Maybe you should write a national training course for Police Officers on that subject.
Answer by graciouswolfe
the same reason that the law can claim that someone “manufactured” marijuana
example:
a farmer growing potatoes doesn’t say that he’s manufacturing potatoes
Just a way to lock up anyone who messes with drugs, while they let thugs like O.J. murder, kidnap, steal, and whine, remain free
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