Of the two American localities to recently implement the full-on legalization of recreational marijuana — Washington D.C. and Alaska — the nation’s capital has had the bumpier road. And now the police chief of the District of Columbia is boldly coming out saying that “alcohol is a much bigger problem” than marijuana.

D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier stood by district mayor Muriel Bowser in the last few weeks as members of Congress threatened jail time to Bowser and others should they implement the voter-approved marijuana legalization. Bowser didn’t back down to the threats of Congress, which has final say over the district’s laws. And today Bowser is working from the mayor’s office, not jail, while D.C. finds itself in the early days of legal weed.

And what about district police chief Lanier? She said alcohol is a bigger concern to public safety and the well-being of her officers than cannabis.

“Marijuana smokers are not going to attack and kill a cop,” Lanier said while speaking at the American News Women’s Club, per The Daily Beast. “They just want to get a bag of chips and relax. Alcohol is a much bigger problem.” [Read more at The Cannabist at The Denver Post]