Temple Cops Focusing On Serious Crimes Only

You may have noticed today is April 20, the international holiday for marijuana smokers. (As you can tell from the graphic at right, other famous things happened on 4/20, too.)

The graphic is from the Temple News, which also reports today is 4/20, the pot-smokin’ day and also reports today is “the blurriest day of the year.”

Of course, rather than let Temple students enjoy their day by eating an entire bag of Oreos in under five minutes, the brass at TU is going to be cracking down on people just trying to enjoy a drug that is impossible to overdose on.

But for Campus Safety Services, it’s a day when 85 of its officers will be on duty and patrolling the campus for signs of drug use.

“We are being very observant of students’ behavior; this includes signs of blood shot eyes, nausea and staggering when walking,” officer Marquis Robinson said. “Overall, we are looking at the well being of a person”

However, smoking students should not only be on the lookout for officers on Main Campus. “It will be more community police officers,” Philadelphia Police officer Derrick Taylor said. “Like undercover cops, bike units and beat officers. Foot beat is very crucial in trying to keep the students and the community safe and intact.”

While the cops are cracking down on pot smokers at Temple, criminals will be looting and robbing the surrounding areas. But, hey, at least the Wawas will be safe from hungry hungry stoners!

Want to help legalize marijuana? Join NORML, a group which fights for medical marijuana and reform of marijuana laws for only $4.20 today. Also check out the Marijuana Policy Project, Drug War Rant’s 420 open thread and the excellent Philadelphia chapter of NOMRL.

A day to forget, 4/20 has police on the lookout [Temple News via Philebrity]