HAHAHAHA!!!

[ExAFO 0]

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/seattle011906.html

Say "Hi" to Bubba, and don't drop the soap, sparky!

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[akarunway 1]

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http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/seattle011906.html

Say "Hi" to Bubba, and don't drop the soap, sparky!

And murderers like Bush and co. are still running around free. What a strange world we live in eh?

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[pocbase 0]

Exactly!
15 years for grass is a bit harsh, not like it's crack or anything.

The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win!
Enfin j'ai trouvé:
Bieeeen

[ErricoMalatesta 0]

That is one technical and innovative setup.

15 years.... land of the free right?

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15 years.... land of the free right?

The US has the worlds largest prison population.
The US has turned prison into a for profit industry therefore they need prisoners.
Locking people up for mj is an easy way to fill these prisons.
Free slave labor.
All the while, psychopaths are free to buy guns legally.
Death toll:
Marijuana- zero
Legal and illegal guns- millions
More people are killed by legal guns.
You are more likely to be shot by a family member or a friend (alcohol is often a contributing factor).
No one has ever been killed by a joint.
Locking up people for mj is a waste of tax dollars.
The "drug war" is a major failure and has not put one dent in curbing mj use.
Each year more people who are normaly law abiding citizen are put behind bars for simple possession.
Consider this: Since the Marihuana Commission issued its recommendations 35 years ago –

* Approximately 16.5 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana violations – more than eighty percent of them on minor possession charges;

* US taxpayers have spent well over $20 billion dollars enforcing criminal marijuana laws, yet marijuana availability and use among the public remains virtually unchanged;

* Nearly one-quarter of a million Americans have been denied federal financial aid for secondary education because of anti-drug provisions to the Higher Education Act. Most of these applicants were convicted of minor marijuana possession offenses. Yet, a person convicted of a violent crime, including murder, are allowed to continue their education with federal financial aid.

Today, one in every eight inmates incarcerated for drug crimes is behind bars for pot, at a cost to taxpayers of more than $1 billion per year. Marijuana users are an easy way to fill prisons. The prison industry relies on these inmates to increase prison based company profits.
It is not about punishment, it is all about slave labor.
America, Land of Incarceration.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[DaVinci 0]

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And murderers like Bush and co. are still running around free. What a strange world we live in eh?

Wow, cause the President and some pot grower are so related

Good fucking God!!!! We got it, you hate Bush, no need to say that to every post that is not even related!!!!

[AndyBoyd 0]

What in the world is funny about someone getting sentenced to 15 years in prison?

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What in the world is funny about someone getting sentenced to 15 years in prison?

I guess the thought of someone being punished for a non-violent crime by being subjected to acts that, outside of prison, are considered the most reprehensible thing you can do to another human being is supposed to be hilarious.

I know someone who was raped. I wouldn't wish that on anyone as a punishment for violent crimes, let alone something like this. The, "say hello to Bubba" attitude is appalling.

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United States Attorney Douglas J. Hill

He must feel real good about himself just think of all the junk food he just saved.

Weed grower gets 15 years child molesters get parole so they can rape and kill more children.

We really have some fucked up issues.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[Shotgun 1]

And why, exactly, does this make you so happy?

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http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/seattle011906.html

Say "Hi" to Bubba, and don't drop the soap, sparky!

That's just a shame. I mean the guy's only trying to help find a cure for lung cancer and they go throw him in jail
http://www.healthrelatedinfos.com/2007/04/17/marijuana-compound-may-fight-lung-cancer.html

[ErricoMalatesta 0]

Just to continue the discussion on the rank hypocrisy of the U.S drug "war" .

Across the board U.S trade agreements with Asia stipulate that the U.S must be able to sell and freely advertise cigarettes, one effect of this includes an estimated 50 million dead by 2020 in China alone.

[dropoutdave 0]

A good friend of mine grew weed when he had lung cancer. The doctors treating him said smoking weed, which helped him kept his appetite, was the reason he managed to survive in the end and beat the cancer with the intense chemo.

Want to see him in jail still with lung cancer would you? Bet you'd stand at at his cell door and piss your fucking pants at his sorry ass.

I think your priorities are just a bit.............................erm........................fucked up!!!

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[NCclimber 0]

Is anyone honestly upset that this guy got 15 years?

[ExAFO 0]

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Is anyone honestly upset that this guy got 15 years?

They're just pissy they may have to pay a little more to break federal laws...99.9% are not medical cases, just scofflaws hijacking the seriously ill's misery for their own recreational purposes.

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[GQ_jumper 4]

They're just pissy they may have to pay a little more to break federal laws...99.9% are not medical cases, just scofflaws hijacking the seriously ill's misery for their own recreational purposes.

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Exactly, the same could be said about people in jail for shooting someone who was trying to break into their house and kill them. Plenty of people who had no ill intentions other than their own survival are in prison but no one is crying for their release. Yet at the same time there are countless criminal organizations who fund themselves through the sale of recriational drugs. There is no simple way to decide who should be punished and who shouldn't apart from drawing a distinct line in the sand saying if you carry it you're going to jail, and people still want to whine. kind of sad.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Is anyone honestly upset that this guy got 15 years?

Well, the guy knew the risks and chose to break the law anyway (after having two prior convictions), so no, I'm not upset that _this guy_ got 15 years.

I think the law itself is ridiculous though. I believe the government has much more important things to be concerned with than people growing plants. So it upsets me to see tax dollars going toward this sort of thing. How much money is going to be spent to keep this guy in jail for 15 years? I'm guessing a lot, and I'm sure that there are better uses for that money.