Indirectly they did. The government executes the policies of its elected leadership.

Organizations like Focus on the Family and other evangelical political action groups use their political influence to block any meaningful reform of the US drug laws  They view drugs as further evidence of the "moral decay" of the USA. A perception that is absolutely essential to them to continue to build their political movement. FOS and other connected groups insist instead on , yes even here, "abstinence" and of course getting "tough" on crime.

The real crime here, besides animal cruelty, was that to date, no one on the police force has been disciplined ( that I can find on the intertubes)

So, tell us TWBA, in your grade school Thanksgiving pageant, were you Myles Standish...or the turkey?