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hellobruce
Bassago
Maybe he can appeal it on grounds that the judge was insane.
Well, he was the insane one, knowing the law, being convicted of the same offence 2 times before then being caught with drugs for a third time!
thesaneone
reply to post by HanzHenry
Why? because they have a job to do, why not be angry at the ones that make the laws.
Also there are other states with much stricter laws on mj then LA.
SadistNocturne
Blue Shift
xavi1000
Our grandchildren will laugh and despise us for this cruelty in the future.
Well, our grandchildren will laugh at us for all kinds of things -- .......allowing surgery for obesity
Really, you have an issue with people having a surgery to help them lose weight ?
Are you talking about publicly assisted / financed surgery, or even folks who pay for it out of pocket ?
mantisfortress
reply to post by goou111
How do people ignore that he had "multiple drug convictions". That is what the article states. Someone who continues criminal behavior after multiple convictions is a habitual offender with little regard for the law. After getting arrested multiple times, this guy surely knew the risk he was taking. He chose to take the risk. It didn't work out so well. Sooo sad. He belongs in jail.
Sure, the justice system has its problems. But, this is how America is supposed to work! Don't like the drug laws in Louisiana? Move to Colorado! Then this guy could have all the "medicine" his heart desires. Further, I seriously doubt this guy was using it medicinally...or even recreationally. Usually, it's drug dealers who have multiple convictions.
iwilliam
You can doubt he was using it medicinally all you want. But your doubts do not necessarily equate to the truth. Especially since you seem to understand so little about this subject. A lot of chronic drug users are trying to self-medicate psycho-emotional issues. This can sometimes be a serious mistake, IMO, and can complicate things.... but in the short term at least, it can be more effective than traditional treatments. Which is one of the reasons people go back to it.
Blue Shift
SadistNocturne
Blue Shift
xavi1000
Our grandchildren will laugh and despise us for this cruelty in the future.
Well, our grandchildren will laugh at us for all kinds of things -- .......allowing surgery for obesity
Really, you have an issue with people having a surgery to help them lose weight ?
Are you talking about publicly assisted / financed surgery, or even folks who pay for it out of pocket ?
I'm not saying anything is good or bad. In the future it will all be taken care of with drugs, and nobody will have to carve themselves up to lose weight if that's what they need to do. But that's the future. Maybe in the future our grandchildren will laugh at us for not requiring everybody to carve out our their children's skulls and replace them with clear plastic. Or allowing homosexuals to marry.
crappiekat
This is rediculious.
And how much time did the bankers get for money laundering, stealing peoples homes and destroying thousand's of American's lives.
This has got to stop. They are destroying lives.
Im not condoning drug use.
edit on 26-9-2013 by crappiekat because: (no reason given)spellingedit on 26-9-2013 by crappiekat because: (no reason given)
thesaneone
Do you drink coffee or tea?
Do you eat chocolate?
If so you are on drugs that alter your mind.
If he broke other laws, habitually, then convict him for breaking those laws. Regardless what their state law permits, a 20-year prison sentence at hard labor for possessing barely over half an ounce of pot is itself criminally insane.
It is an illegal substance so they are lucky they don't get 20 years on the first offense, this is being overly lenient being third offense.
wantsome
I have no sympathy for drug addicts so who cares. I see no positive reason for using mind altering substances. If you know it's illegal and you refuse to abide by the law then you pay the consequences. Personally I value my freedom more then a bag of weed. It may be legal in some areas but your an idiot if you think you can get a way with it in an area where it's not.
What do you have to do to get this medical card?
TheLotLizard
reply to post by goou111
This is the same reason why I got my medical card.
100% legal for me as it is now my medicine. So now if a cop pulls me over I can have a rolly in my ear and they can't say a single thing.