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35-year-old gets life for pot

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Point of Order, May 7, 2011.

  1. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    I have not smoked in a few years. Too afraid of getting busted. And I like having a job and a clean record.

    But the incongruities at play with the cabal that trumpets individual freedom at every turn must be pointed out.
     
  2. verbalkint

    verbalkint Member

    You're assuming that decriminalizing pot leads to increased usage, and on a grand scale -- that the only thing that's stopping doctors, diplomats and scientists from laying around with a bong all day is the fear of being arrested. There's no evidence that this is the case. Consider Portugal.

    What you have now is a drug that is largely without stigma: each of the last three presidents has admitted getting high. But it's still illegal, and some seem to think harsher and harsher punishment is the answer. Our punishments for marijuana are rough, and our arrest numbers are high.

    It's not working, is it?
     
  3. NickMordo

    NickMordo Active Member

    Exactly. The Drug War is working, guys!
     
  4. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    That's where I am with it.

    I've been around weed a handful of times in my life. I'm a relative stick in the mud. And I think the policy is stupid.
     
  5. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Seen this script before.

    [​IMG]


    BENDER
    (loudly)
    Eat my shorts!

    VERNON
    You just bought yourself another
    Saturday, mister!

    BENDER
    Oh, Christ...

    VERNON
    You just bought one more right
    there!

    BENDER
    Well, I'm free the Saturday after
    that...beyond that, I'm gonna have
    to check my calendar!

    VERNON
    Good! 'Cause it's gonna be filled,
    we'll keep goin'! You want another
    one? Say the word, just say the
    word! Instead of going to prison,
    you'll come here! Are you through.

    BENDER
    No!

    VERNON
    I'm doing society a favor!

    BENDER
    So?

    VERNON
    That's another one, right now! I've
    got you for the rest of your natural
    born life if you don't watch your
    step! You want another one?

    BENDER
    Yes!

    VERNON
    You got it! You got another one,
    right there! That's another one
    pal!

    VERNON
    You through?

    BENDER
    Not even close, bud!

    VERNON
    Good! You got one more, right
    there!

    BENDER
    Do you really think I give a shit?

    VERNON
    Another...

    Bender glares at him.

    VERNON
    You through?

    BENDER
    How many is that?

    BRIAN
    That's seven including the one when
    we first came in and you asked Mr.
    Vernon here whether Barry Manilow
    knew that he raided his closet.

    VERNON
    (to Bender)
    Now it's eight...
    (to Brian)
    You stay out of it!

    BRIAN
    Excuse me, sir, it's seven!

    VERNON
    Shut up, Peewee!
    (to Bender)
    You're mine Bender...for two months
    I gotcha! I gotcha!

    BENDER
    What can I say? I'm thrilled!
     
  6. Iron_chet

    Iron_chet Well-Known Member

    The arguement against weed lowering productivity is wrong IMO. I find that the people who come out strongest against weed are people who have not had much exposure to it.

    The stoners I know whould be lazy, unambitious shits whether or not they were serious smokers. I know a lot of people who are users who suffer no productivity decline due to the fact that they smoke. Paramedics, Firemen, lawyers and middle managers are amongst many of the users I know. I know one former Olympic boxer who told me he would have been a better boxer as pot calmed his nerves and relaxed him.

    I realize that this is all anecdotal but I have never seen weed as a gateway drug or have seen it destroy someone's life. If you can buy Everclear and get fucked up you should be able to get your smoke on.
     
  7. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Remember ... mother's milk is the gateway drug for everything.
     
  8. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    I'm sorry, but I'm not following you on this one.

    2.2 pounds is trafficking in most states, a Class A felony punishable from three years and $25K to life without parole.
     
  9. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Hardly anyone up here gets busted for simple possession anymore

    I suspect if some cop charged someone with having a few grams and smoking up in a park, the judge would give that cop a tongue-lashing for wasting the court's time.

    Possession with intent to trafficking is a another issue. However, a life sentence is draconian to say the least.
     
  10. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    I don't know anyone who has ever gone right from doing nothing to doing, I don't know, heroin. I also don't know a ton of druggies, to be fair.

    Personally, I don't care. Let 'em smoke their weed, gateway or no.
     
  11. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    This is an interesting debate on the effects of drugs by people who don't do drugs.
     
  12. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Wayyyyyyy too many cases clogging up our courts.

    http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/marijuana/marijuana_ff.html

    More than 800K weed-related cases on the books each year. I want my judges, prosecutors and cops worrying about more important stuff, like killing people and, you know, DUI.
     
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