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Reginald Reefer, today at 12:00am
Recently, there have been two stories that came to my attention involving the police and drugs.
The first is about a MET police commander (https://news.sky.com/story/met-police-commander-
who-wrote-drug-strategy-faces-dismissal-for-taking-cannabis-lsd-and-magic-mushrooms-
12541990), who wrote drug enforcement strategy, who took cannabis, LSD, and magic
mushrooms. He is now facing “dismissal” due to his misconduct. The second story is of a Texas
State trooper (https://nypost.com/2022/02/11/dashcam-footage-shows-texas-trooper-vaping-
confiscated-marijuana/) that was caught vaping a confiscated marijuana pen in his vehicle. All
caught on dashcam.
Obviously, both of the individuals in question will either be disciplined or discharged completely.
While some were quick to chastise the officers in question, I thought to myself, “They totally should
be taking psychedelics and cannabis!” In fact, I believe if this was adopted to a higher degree – we
would probably have much better “police-citizen” relations.
This article will walk through my argument for why the police SHOULD be allowed to consume
cannabis and even psychedelics, and why it would provide a net benefit to society.
The Job is Dangerous!
When you could be gunned down for simply putting on your uniform, life can be stressful. In fact,
the position of “police officer” is often in the top 10 of most stressful jobs. Unfortunately, cops
aren’t known for their “destressing” tactics and if we were to look at how the movies portray them,

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they are typically disgruntled alcoholics trying to drown out all the negative thoughts. Of course,
this is not true for all the police, but it’s fairly safe to say that most cops don’t take too much care
of their own mental health unless it’s required from them.
Furthermore, when you constantly live in a state of perpetual fear – you would begin to display
some form of hostility towards the people you’re supposed to protect. If you don’t know whether
the next person you stop has a gun or not, you’d be dumb to not be cautious. However, staying in
this perpetual state of distrust negatively affects your responses. It’s the reason why so many
unarmed individuals have been shot for holding a cellphone or something similar. Overtime, a lack
of sympathy and a sense of self-preservation might take root in the mind of the officers and when
this happens, they are no longer effective deterrents of crime but rather another “element” the
average person has to watch out for.
Most Cops have undiagnosed PTSD
While most people associate PTSD with a specific traumatic experience, the police suffer from a
different kind of PTSD – cumulative PTSD. Police1.com (https://www.police1.com/health-
wellness/articles/police-officers-face-cumulative-ptsd-tgd6zLqtGwdG3wg2/) explains this
phenomenon;
Cumulative PTSD can be even more dangerous than PTSD caused from a single traumatic event, largely
because cumulative PTSD is more likely to go unnoticed and untreated. When a catastrophic event
occurs, such as an officer-involved shooting, most departments have policies and professionals to help
an officer address and deal with the aftermath of an event.
However, the build-up of events that arise throughout an officer’s career generally do not warrant such
specialized attention. As a result, an officer with cumulative PTSD is less likely to receive treatment.
In other words, due to “micro traumas”, many police officers are suffering from a form of PTSD
which in turn affects their behavior. They become jittery, they make snap judgements and typically
approach situations with a baseline thought that the people they are dealing with are “out to get
them”.
Considering that these officers are meant to keep the public “safe” from criminals – it’s not ideal
that they fear the interactions with the average citizen. This is why cannabis might be an ideal
solution.
Cannabis for Cops!
Cannabis has shown to be effective in mitigating symptoms of PTSD and in some cases, help
victims return back to a baseline of normalcy. The Veteran of Foreign Wars
(https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2021/9/federal-study-finds-
cannabis-beneficial-for-ptsd-treatment) talks about a study that was regulated by the FDA;

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Over the course of a year, the study found that cannabis users reported a greater decrease in the
severity of their PTSD symptoms. They also were more than 2.5 times as likely to no longer meet the
diagnostic criteria for PTSD as those who did not use cannabis.
While this might not completely remove the instances of PTSD, it does seem like a good way to
deal with the underlying symptoms – especially for those undiagnosed with cumulative PTSD.
The fact of the matter is that cops need to have a means of “disconnecting” from the job. The “job”
is an all-consuming position that can have corrosive effects on the individual. It reduces their
ability to think critically and makes them less effective in doing their jobs correctly.
Therefore, while you can’t force cops to consume cannabis – then you should at the very least give
them the ability to use it as opposed to self-medicating with alcohol. Couple this with therapy and
you may have a police force that works with its citizens as opposed to a force that fights the
population.
Mushrooms for cops
Cannabis is powerful against PTSD – however, psilocybin could completely break their PTSD cycles.
Of course, in the case of the police, you don’t want to have cops tripping on shrooms on the job.
But perhaps, after each month or quarter you could have a psychedelic assisted therapy session to
deal with all of the accumulated trauma collected throughout the month.
Additionally, psilocybin makes you become more empathetic. In the end of the day, you want a
police force that doesn’t just “enforce the law”, but guides citizens to be the best they can be
according to the law. This means, being able to let someone go for smoking weed or doing drugs –
especially if there is an apparent lack of violence.
In order to discern, the cops will need to have empathy. Psilocybin could help with this.
Yoga, Meditation, Breathwork for Cops!
The previous two options relied on drugs to help with the PTSD. However, perhaps – at the end of
each work day, cops should be required to do at least 30 mins of breathwork, meditation, or yoga
in order to deal with the things they face on the daily. These practices have been known to reduce
stress and depression and thus, we should place an emphasis on the mental health of officers.
This is the least invasive way for cops to work with their mental health issues – the above two
options help when these mental health issues become problematic for the officers.
Conclusion
I’m probably one of the people who is most “F&$# the Police” you would ever meet, however – I do
think that we shouldn’t look at life as “black and white”. The police, ultimately – are working to
protect those that cannot defend themselves. They aren’t the enemy, however -after prolonged
mental health stress, they could conclude that you are. Therefore, helping cops deal with their
stress and PTSD – will provide a net benefit to society at large.

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