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Subscribe to RSSA New Orleans attorney was cited for marijuana possession this week after a joint tumbled out of his pocket in front of police, according to media reports.
Police say Jason Cantrell, who has a private practice but also serves as a part-time assistant city attorney, was in the magistrate section of criminal court chatting with police officers when a marijuana joint fell out of his pocket and onto the floor, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported.
Cantrell, 43, was a first-time offender and was cited, issued a summons to appear in court for simple possession of marijuana and let go, according to police spokesman Garry Flot.
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The handling of his case is the result of an effort by city leaders and prosecutors two years ago to unclog a congested system and allow people arrested for having a small amount of marijuana on them to receive a summons and not be taken to jail, according to the Times-Picayune.
Besides being a private practice attorney, Cantrell doubles as a part-time city attorney, handling cases in traffic court. He was not working for the city when the incident occurred.
City Hall spokesman Ryan Berni told WDSU that Cantrell has been suspended without pay, pending an investigation.
Cantrell’s wife, LaToya, is a candidate for a district seat on the City Council. She released a statement apologizing for her husband and saying, “I absolutely do not condone his actions,” the New York Daily News reported.
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“I love my husband unconditionally and am very concerned for his health and well-being, and for that of our family,” LaToya said. “I hope that this incident will encourage Jason to seek the professional help.”
Cantrell has practiced civil and criminal law in New Orleans for 17 years, including six as a public defender in juvenile court.
He ran for a position as a judge in juvenile court in 2009 but lost.
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That is one of the dumbest and wasteful laws on the books. I just hope that CO, WA, OR can vote to legalize the the federal government can review this law, and get rid of it.
My kind of guy. Make sure you inhale though. fffzzuuuuuuu. Coming in.
Seriously, "professional help" over a joint? I think a better damage control would have been to just shut up and not give them anything to print.
Yep... one of the dumbest way to waste taxpayers money is prosecuting potheads.
Wife could have backed her husband. Could have rose to his defense. She could have issued a statement proclaiming the cannabis prohibition laws senseless and a waste of taxpayer's dollars...
Instead? She threw her husband under the bus.
Nice wife...
Another example of how utterly stupid and failure the drug war has become. I have known many public employees including police officers, DA's, and others that smoke weed privately as well as doctors and lawyers in private practice. Hemp or marijuana was outlawed due to a corporate agenda (Dupont chemicals) to quash textile competition from hemp farmers in the early part of this century. These anti-pot laws have resulted in inflicting long term damage to individuals and families by incarcerating many for mere possession and fill the private prisons with many normal americans just because their preference for pot over other legal drugs. Many in Law Enforcement are fully aware that pot laws are outdated and need to be changed and support de-criminalization.
Buzzness will be bonging, I mean booming, now
OOPS
Really, that's not mine, I don't know how it got there.
Really Officer, it's not mine! I was only holding it for a friend. I swear!
It sure sounds like the only "professional help" he needs is a good divorce attorney. The poor response of his wife shows that she seems more concerned over her chances for city council than any concern about him. Time for people to move into the 21st century and end the ridiculous war over free choice. Don't partake if you don't like it but don't try forcing your deluded moral views on others.
I look so forward to the day when a joint falls out of someone's pocket in front of a police officer, and the subject leans down, picks it up and puts it back in their pocket, with the niether party either noticing or caring. What a joke law enforcement is when it comes to marijuana; THAT is the true 'reefer madness' that needs to be stopped once and for all. We live in a very childish world when it comes to these laws.
I'm sure he was just holding it for a friend.
oddly - big pharma, and the distilleries will never allow or permit legalization of pot - as it (in their opinion) would be a self inflicted wound to their bottom line.
People smoke dope at home - why bother going to the store for beer or wine?
big pharma is scared to death that pot can become a "cure all" for just about everything - including addiction and dependency to their own crap they peddle. Know any legal drugs that can compete on market value with pot? (ask your kids, they can help researching street price per pill)
Then we have the privatized prison system - which only exists for warehousing of simple possession "criminals."
3 major groups that will fight tooth and nail against the public interest - legalizing.
SIMPLE SOLUTION:
Just have the DEA and HUD and any other cabinet group in the executive branch rework the schedule of narcotics, remove pot from Schedule 1, to Schedule 2 (controlled by doctor's prescription) and leave Congress out of it. This could be solved by the end of tonight's debate.
Is it 4:20 yet - who cares???
Well, doesn't matter: As long as smoking marijuana is considered illegal then this is the result, like it or not. This guy is especially stupid as he not only has imperiled his own position but his wife's career as well. Smoke all you want to but just don't bring it into court next time dumbasz!
A "Pot Joint" ... aside from what other kind of joint would fall from your pocket; I mean who talks like that? (GEEK 101)
They caught a guy in the police parking lot smoking a joint in my city. Dumbest thing I've ever heard, like the police weren't going to smell it.
If you smoke pot near a child, shouldn't that be a felony? Second hand smoke you know.
Is it really true that half the people in New Orleans have the surname, "Cantrell?"
sssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh..................................................................aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. like farm out man.
This really should not surprise anyone. When I lived in New Orleans they busted the biggest drug ring in the city - it turned out it was being run by a group of cops!!!
I really think that marijuana should just be legalized already. It is far less dangerous than alcohol, which is legal. Marijuana was not originally made illegal because it was a drug, it was made illegal through lobbying by the cotton farmers who did not want to have to face competition from hemp in the textile business. All keeping marijuana illegal is doing is making money for criminals and causing a lot of violence.
If I don't hurt you then why should you care what I do to my body. I read somewhere the country was based on freedom, just ask the slaves in the 1600s-1800s how free they felt. And it wasn't just the south. We are not free!!!!!!!!
hey lawyer dude man...don't Bogart that joint my friend...
The only help this man needs, is a lesson in where not to take drugs with you.
Nothing like an article about pot to bring the dope smokers out in force. I know I don't want want any of you pot heads defending me in court, or flying my plane or driving my bus or sharing the road with me.
Sorry................................... they are all ready there !!!!!!
Way to stand by your man, honey. I guess politicians really will say anything to get elected.
Poor thing. I'm sure she had no clue her husband was smokin the herb. /s
I've got news for you, all of those things are already happening, you just don't know it.
The dude was dumb to bring it into court, should've just left it in his car, or even stashed it in his wallet so it wouldn't fall out. But I"m not surprised.
People think that pot smokers are all burned out druggies.
I've smoked weed with not only lawyers, but judges and doctors too. People of all walks of life in all professions smoke weed. It's pretty much as common as liquor. Are there professionals who don't smoke? Of course. Are there professionals who don't drink? sure! But just because a lawyer (or doctor or judge) has a drink of scotch after a long day doesn't mean that he or she is drinking on the job. Similarly a professional who smokes a joint after work is not likely doing his or her job stoned either.
It occurred to me that the wife might be trying to protect her husband's job. By setting the stage that he has an "addiction" she is creating a scenario in which if he is fired he would have a case under the Americans with disabilities act because "addiction" is considered to be a debilitating medical disease that requires treatment. If he "seeks treatment" it would prevent the bar from taking away his license to practice law.
WoWeeee...hard to believe all the folks "supporting" this illicit drug user. Marijuana is a drug...and against the law to one extent or the other. Cannot believe the number of people RATIONALIZING this mans drug possession. Anyone with common sense or the completion of a drug rehab program recognize this man's problem (obviously alot of other people share this mans denial also). Supsension from his job was a definite good move....now, if they mandate that he complete a extensive drug treatment program to get back his job....now that is justice. I have 21 years without dope, a drink, or availability of prescriptions to aid in my living life....I have the balls to deal with life on IT'S TERMS....Don't need dope or drink to live happy or enjoy life.
that evil weed ... need to destroy it one joint at a time...
Perhaps he should have said that it was 'evidence' from a case that he absentmindedly put in his pocket, but then it would have been in a bag with the tags on it...
amtheonezee
Your an idiot.
I do not smoke the stuff because I am allergic it. With life getting more and more stressful I can't blame a person for doing it. It seems safer than beer and and it better then antidepressants. If we should let go of Regan's "War Against Drugs" a little and legalize it, the government could tax it. The Cartels would would loose and the Government could win. Seems simple most people who want to smoke it do it if it is legal or not.
I can hear it now, "All I did was puff it, I did not inhale"
amtheonezee
I dont usually reply to comments.. but yours was a humdinger... YES.. you have remained "chemically free" for your 21 years.. (probably since you've been on the wagon).. but still.. I will give you the benefit of the doubt... SO WHAT?!... Why come down on people who like to smoke/drink? Just because you dont/havent DOESNT GIVE you the RIGHT to chastize those who do... remember this is a "free" country.. at least the last time I checked. It's rightous zealots like you that blow people up in the name of "Alah"... or.. enslave people .. or murder them under whatever flag/religion/nation/hatredmongering they chose to claim... the most hateful things EVER done where done with the best intentions and with the "grace" of the Law.... sad that you are one on those people. peace. b.
Christians must be right - humans don't evolve. Its been 38 years since my first puff of weed and our society is just as stupid about it now as back then.
I say shoot all of us pot smokers - I volunteer to be the first, just one condition; you have to show it live on TV - I know just the network to put it on...lmao.
The law is the law, until overturned. He should be sitting in jail, awaiting his court appearance, just as those non-attorney citizens are doing.
His first offense? I think they meant the first time he got caught. Finally, one suspended without pay pending investigation.
His prior cases should be reviewed, and new trials held, for those he defended/prosecuted. They were entitled to legal and competent attorneys.
It's the south, he will probably get the death penalty!
Xina the Awesome...
Wow... that was an awesome point to make.
On a side note, he probably was cited simply because he didn't offer to share with the officers he was speaking with. I got caught once at a small party because some dumbass left the front door wide open. I put the blunt out while walking to them after they told me to, one officer tried to hit it after I handed it over to him. The other one commented on how tragic a sight it was when they had me flush it.
Government intrusion and wasteful spending aside, the guy obviously pulled a bonehead move bringing it into court. Similar to bringing in a flask; not the smartest move.
Renee. Do read the article and it will explain to you why he, as well as others on their first offense, got a summons instead of being hauled off to jail. In Mississippi the first offense of possession of pot and paraphernelia will cost you a little over $1,000 and an extra $500 6 months after sentencing to get your record expunged. This big offense is the paraphernelia, not the pot...
Amusing how the druggies on here collapse any post opposing drugs. Loser users who can't face life without a crutch. Collapse me; I don't care. Drug users are cowardly fools.
Renee-northern ca? are you really from northern california? I'm not sure i believe that, if you are actually living there then you should know what kind of hotbed of marijuana production surrounds you. If a person is good at their job then smoking a lil weed before, during, or after will not affect their performance.
tired, I guess you feel better now? LOL
Stats from the CDC (2009, last year available):
37,485 people died from perscription (legal) drug use.
15,183 people died from alcohol induced liver disease.
24,518 people died from alcohol induced accidents and homicide.
370 people died from alcohol poisoning.
0 people died from marijuana use.
By all means let's continue the idiotic war against a weed.
Okay, a lot less people die, but poor tallies might be why that number is zero. I'm sure someone did something while high on pot that lead to death... Though probably very far less the booze. Considering it is less harmful than booze states that it should be legal.
Tiredof, Eat a Snickers!
"If you smoke pot near a child, shouldn't that be a felony? Second hand smoke you know."
I wouldn't have a problem with it if they do the same for smoking cigarettes.
I've hung out with a lot of attorneys. They all smoked some reefer now & then.
Marijuana cultivators are actually lobbying against the legalization of marijuana because legalizing it would mean a tremendous drop in price/profit.
Their anti-legalization stance sounds odd, but always, follow the money.
Oh for the love of God, just legalize it... This is getting rediculous with the "war on drugs" it should be the war on criminals who rape and pillage.
Do you drink beer or alcohol of any kind, even a glass of wine? Then stop. If your against legalizing marijuana then stop drinking. Fare enough?
@debi,
I am not in the business and never plan to be, but I would think the reduction in stress would be worth the loss in profits. Things like dealing with competing criminal organizations, the DEA and local law enforcement, and all the thieves out to steal free weed when supplies are tight. The first and third can get you dead, and the second will cost you everything including your freedom.
As you said, follow the money. Greed has no brains.
Yes, you would think that, but like any other capitalist, greed has no brains.
Black market items always demand top dollar. An Oxycontin pill sells for approximately $10 on the black market, but if you have prescription insurance coverage with no co pay, you would get them for free.
hey joy 5711, or 420 or whatever..... the word you are trying to spell is "fair", thats F A I R, not fare. I myself have had a couple of beers, I do not smoke weed, maybe you are, or you did too much in high school, but....... ??
Losers who can't face life without a crutch? Are you talking about the crutch of condemning others based upon your holier than thou attitude? That's it all you druggie losers. tiredlunacy has doomed everyone of you to everlasting damnation. Damned useless pot smoking doctors and lawyers, corporate biggies and business owners, and yeah even all of those loser presidents who have used that loser crutch, are all damned in the eyes of the holier than thou types. I hope you are all ashamed of yourselves for hurting the feelings of tiredlunacy. Someone needs to buy him a drink now, or at least a new bible.
This is the real reason why marijuana is illegal: THC (Marijuana) helps cure cancer says Harvard study. Can you imagine a cheap cure for cancer? It would mean a loss of billions (maybe even trillions) of dollars for Big Pharma. Their lobbyists go into an uproar anytime there is the slightest mention of legalizing marijuana. Imagine how bad it would be for them if you could just go to the doctor and have to take some gel pill for a couple of months and your cancer would be gone or spread some paste onto your skin cancer and it too would be gone soon after. It is hard to do testing on this substance because the government regulates it and doesn't give permission easily. But people have done illegal testing and the results are shocking, but more shocking is that governments will not even listen to their proof that THC cures and/or helps cure cancer.
Let people live their lives, lots of so called authorities do pot and other drugs what a joke
another dumb a$S
The obvious personal intelligence problem of a long time user forgetting he is in court, surrounded by law enforcement, and that things fall out of pockets all the time, so leave it at home dude. IS he stupid because he was always stupid ? Or did he become stupid after half a lifetime of use ? Is carrying a joint to court and dropping it in front of cops his only stupidity, or does he have a lot of former clients sorry they hired him ?
Other posters talk about a lot of this going on in NO as if it's more than in other cities. Isn't NO the city that had a murder for hire group in the N.O. PD busted by the FBI ? ISn't N.O. a city below sea level that did not maintain their levees before Katrina ? As one of the posters said, N.O.PD was harboring a drug ring run by Police officers. Isn't N.O. a city where old people were abandoned in their nursing homes and the owners beat it out of town when the flood came in ? Isn't N.O the city where the evac order was given very late ? and they had fleets of city and school buses but had no plans to use them in an emergency ? I'm thinking I agree with other posters that a lot of MJ is used there and they are way too layed back in N.O. because of it. They tolerate too much dangerous stuff the rest of the country works hard to prevent or fix. Starting off with the idea of living below sea level ! That is a gem right there.
He probably had it in court because he bought it there or someone gave it to him.
Or he took it off a client earlier and didn't rat him out.
If he was smoking on the job it would have been half smoked already.
well, we can't have a little weed interfere with the greed, corruption, and other criminal activity going on within the court house walls! look! a joint! while the foxes guard the henhouse.
The dude had a joint..SO WHAT.. theirs a place and time for a joint, just like alcohol. To bad he wasn't smart enough to put it somewhere else.
Could be worse. There was a small bag of meth found in a Little Rock area bank a while back. After reviewing the security tapes it was seen falling out of lawyer James Clouette's pocket.
amtheonezee,
Is Hydrocodone not a drug? Don't people get messed up on that now? My point is, you say you do not need anything to enjoy or escape life, thats great, neither do we. We enjoy everything life has to offer. I'm not out tweaking on meth or snorting cocaine.
Yet you talk down to folks who enjoy a drink or smoke weed because you think your non use makes you better some how. You are a fool. Stop buying into everything everyone has been telling you since you were a kid about weed. Its just not true. Do a little reading.
i just have to say that hemp does not neccessarily have thc in it, my grandfather was awarded a certificate for growing 40 acres of hemp for WWII also thc is a very potent drug and can have negative lasting effects on many, many people, i've read that as many as 50% that try it can have a negative experience
What would you have thought if it was a hip flask with whiskey that fell out of his pocket?
Sure, I agree with you. But, you have to accept that there are people that have a problem with weed as well as alcohol.
I don't really think it's any different than alcohol in many ways, and I do believe it should be legal. I just find a lot of the reasoning people use for that ideal flawed. If someone needs to take alcohol with them to work, they have a problem. If they need to take a joint with them, they have a problem. If you find yourself in the habit of needing either to de-stress after work, then I also think you have a problem.
Yes, they did. There was a case in NY recently where there was a shooting involving someone who had been smoking. If you don't think people commit crimes while high, I have a bridge to sell you.
marijuana would put a serious dent in the Federal/State Alcohol tax revenue. Not saying anything new, it's all about the money. They make more money locking people up than they would making it legal.
Whiskey, it made America.. more ways than one.
Why exactly? It's not like it's hard to get a hold of it if you want it anyway so it's not like anyone is really drinking instead of smoking. And, besides, anyone I know who smokes drinks too.
So sorry that the real losers are the self-righteous fools that condemn anyone who smokes a little weed or had a few beers now and then. Flawed individuals who think that because they can't seem to be responsible enough to know when enough is enough no one else should be allowed to partake. Oh well, whatever it takes to make yourself feel better about your lousy selves...I don't smoke any more, and drink very little, not because I had any legal issues caused by my use, but because I need to be on top of my game, so to speak, with my job. However, if I were on vacation, a long weekend, etc...I might be tempted to light up again...and when I used to smoke, my favorite place to obtain my weed was a police officer...they do have the best kind.
amtheonezee, You sound like everyone else in a NA meeting tthat has only been clean for a month or the person that just got out of treatment. Just so you know not everyone who has a drink or takes a hit off a joint has an addiction. There are people out in the world that are able to do those things without becoming an addict. Just so you know I have been clean for 18 yrs now. I don't need to drink or drug either anymore because I do have an addition. Just because does one of those things doesn't make them an addict, just like the person who takes pain meds for cronic pain and becomes DEPENDENT on the drugs is not an addict. You of all people should have learned that in treatment. You seem to justify your reasoning that just because it is illegal he has a problem. What if a bottle of whiskey had fallen out of his pocket? There wouldn't have even been an article written if that was the case and alcohol is by far a lot more dangerous then pot. As I said before I am a recovering addict of 18 yrs and think that pot should be legalized. It's far less dangerous then alcohol and it's just filling up tghe criminal system with non-dangerous people.
I don't drink, at all, except for when someone convinced me to play pong with them, and I smoke fairly regularly.
It would kill the alcohol tax revenues because there actually are many people who don't smoke simply because it's illegal, as well as many people who never give it a chance for that reason and would switch over from alcohol if they did.
The real reason though is Pharma companies, like many have already said in this thread.
Yeah, people commit crimes regardless of the state of mind they're in. That person didn't commit that crime BECAUSE he was high, he just HAPPENED to be high when he did it. I know people that take drugs like Adderall daily, meaning any crime they commit would technically be under the influence of adderall. Should it be made illegal. (Yes, it should, because Adderall is highly addictive and a hardly-controlled slightly less potent form of Amphetamine, not terribly far behind Meth itself, but that's a whole different conversation.)
The US government, department of health and human services has a patent on marijuana as a medicine, yet the DEA says it has no medical use. A whole government full of the lyingest war profiteering monetary system monopolizing suck up to ZioNazi wasted sperm arse holes on the planet. Marijuana is legal; police state elitist drug war profiteering is illegal and immoral.
custom1911: you made the point ! Smokin MJ and you can't be on top of your game. So go outside the factories where the boss is thinking opf moving out of country and the workers are smoking MJ on break. The products have poor QC and the customers prefer Korean stuff because those people are not smokin MJ and their products are better. You are absolutely correct. But I think you fail to see that all this drug/alcohol use is killing society, families and jobs. Glad you restrict yourself to a once a year vacay, but all these other job wreckers are sure not restricting themselves. And that's the important part.
You know people who are entirely different than me then! I don't know of a single person who doesn't smoke because it's illegal. I guess I do know people who don't smoke because they can be drug tested at work, and that is kind of related to it being illegal. People I know tend to smoke and drink at the same time. I simlpy cannot imagine many people not drinking anymore purely because weed is legal.
That makes more sense to me.
I've seen people act pretty bizarre when high, it wouldn't surprise me to see someone do something out of character. I've seen people get annoyed, it does happen! You're right, people (generally) commit crimes regardless of what state of mind they're in, but I also happen to think that many of the people who commit crimes when drunk, or get into fights, etc, are likely to get into fights anyway.
I've seen people act pretty bizarre even when they are NOT high.
Another idiotic waste of money. The law shouldn't even be on the books. All states should get rid of possession laws for marijuana. Let the feds prosecute if they want, the states don't have this kind of money.
I agree the law needs to be changed, but how can we let this guy off easy. Carrying a joint into a court house knowing he would be speaking to police officers. How stupid can you get?
The federal government doesn't have the Constutional authority to dictate what we can and cannot put in our own bodies.
I agree, such a waste of desperately needed money. The guy was a supreme idiot and yes, if it's the law he should be punished for it, but personally I think marijuana should be legalized and taxed. This is NOT the worst thing a lawmaker/attorney or any other person in a position of authority has done.
Not to worry RICHARD, I'm sure the DEA or DOJ hand out TONS of federal money to bust smokers. And the more people they bust, the more money they get. Ain't justice grand?
No one wants to legalize weed cause so many people are making money off it. Extra policemen, bail bondsmen, jailers, judges and...lawyers.
Personally, I like the way everyone wants people on welfare to get drug tested, but our elected officials, that live off our tax money also, are exempt and are never tested. They should be tested FIRST.
States should legalize and let the feds try to enforce this ridiculous law at the local level.
edandbunny, How do you know he wasn't going to smoke it with a cop buddy or the judge after court?
It doesnt matter flintlock, he should have left it in his car or at home. My wife is a Medical MJ patient and is under the care of the VA. She doesnt even carry when we enter the VA property. Unless you are actively protesting the law why be stupid.
jw101 is right. Too many people are making money from the law- prohibition lesson was learned in just a few years of crime and mayhem. Our present farsical "war on drugs" has gone on for more than 40 years because so many are addicted to the profits and paychecks they make from it. We've even had DEA agents in Columbia caught patronizing prostitutes and getting high on the drugs they're paid to work against. What a farce! And it's been going on for more than 3 or 4 prohibitions!
His wife is an idiot- professional help for a joint? These "professionals" that he could possibly go to for some dingbat counseling are some of the worthless opportunists who make money from this charade.
Not only a waste of money - prosecuting marijuana possession is; but taking up police & court time that would be better used investigating & prosecuting, oh, let's say, murders & the like.
Not only that, but as Alan Ginsberg once wrote about the laws prohibiting marijuana: "Such laws are a threat to the existence of the State herself, for they sicken and debilitate her most adventurous citizens."
I suspect if our elected representatives (sic) represented the people's interest instead of corporate interests this would have been taken care of long ago, if indeed marijuana would have ever been made illegal in the first place. Nevertheless; the one thing I'm not holding my breath for is that politics and rationality ever make a nodding acquaintance.
edandbunny,
Your wife gets her treatment at the VA and also gets medical MJ? Was it her VA doctor who prescribed it for her, and what is his/her name?
Maybe his wife meant he needed professional help for stupidity.
He needs professional help from a tailor who can deepen those pockets.
@Merlin
Not a VA doc, we had to go to a private physician. He did work for the VA at one time, and I have heard stories of other VA docs who will recommend their patients find a doctor outside the VA to get a medical card. In fact VA Phsych doctors did propose a study to see if medical marijuana would help with PTSD. I have never heard where the proposal went, but the article stated it was not likely to get past NIDA.
I pray for the day when this insanity ends and rational thought gets applied to marijuana laws rather than the lies and rhetoric we get from the DEA.
flatiron...
what about the chic in Florida injecting concrete into peoples butts....we should legalize that too.
This guy's wife is just another politically correct waste of time douche politician. I have no doubt she was probably sharing a doobie with her husband that morning before making her statement condemning him.
Cantrell’s wife, LaToya, is a candidate for a district seat on the City Council. She released a statement apologizing for her husband and saying, “I absolutely do not condone his actions,”
BS both you and your husband smoke the **** so stop with the BS lady.
Chirs150 sorry you want to get high and smoke dope then move to a country without said laws....
So you have been to their home and you have seen her smoke it Leatherneck? Just because one spouse smokes weed does not automatically mean the other one does too.
The holier than thou schtick is overplayed. So if we don't agree with a law, we should just move away? Welcome to America 2012, if you don't agree with someone you are not even entitled to live here. There have been some really bad laws on the books in this country. Along with DOMA, these laws need to go away.
Less government is your goal, correct Conservatives?
Pack your bags Leatherneck918, the times are changing.
@Leatherneck918
Ah, another ignorant and closed-minded neocon. Go have another Budweiser and leave the discussion to rational people.
@Ryan-2847120
Couldn't agree more. As a true Republican, it disgusts me how phoney conservaitves are always talking about less government except when it conflicts with their neoconservative agenda. Hypocrites.
What a ridiculous statement. At one time the law stated that black people had to sit at the back of the bus. Some laws need to be disobeyed or they will never be changed. It's beyond wrong to lock people away for any drug offense, especially marijuana possession.
Leatherneck,
I want YOU to party with. Because Im sure you're a blast to be around (yawn)
Leatherneck = A$$hole = Leather-Cherio
FlatIron72: Sorry pal I don't drink alcohol.
Everyone else what I'm saying is DON'T LIKE THE LAW. TOUGH ****. Move to a country that allows it or STFU.
Too many teens now days picking up very bad habits from morons like yourselves. What most of you morons don't get is you might not be getting your drugs from the cartels themselves, but you are still buy there product... Cartels sells there **** to Person A, Person A sells to Person B, then Person B sells it to you. GET IT MORONS.
When you buy your drugs from your supplyer You too are part of the Problem. By the way legalizing it will never fix it do to the government will tax it.
So what drugs will be cheaper Drug A that comes from the cartel NO taxes involved or Drug B that the Goverement taxes?
So don't get all delusional that legalizing Drugs will solve the problem morons IT WONT.
wadda pee-zaze-hole
I smoke, my husband does not. He condones my actions.
Leatherneck918, If legalizing it won't solve the problem, then why aren't crime organizations getting filthy rich off supplying cheap cigarettes, beer, and prescription drugs? Those are much bigger markets.
"Everyone else what I'm saying is DON'T LIKE THE LAW. TOUGH ****. Move to a country that allows it or STFU."
Gee if the fore-fathers took up your perspective, you would be speaking perfect UK english instead of red-neck ameri-glish. Did you forget laws can be changed....I beleive that was taught in 10th grade, but I guess you never made it the 10th grade. My bad.
Is a Leatherneck a dumb redneck that spent too much time in the sun? I have to admit I have never seen such a stupid analogy, but then again, I would expect that from a moron!
Leatherneck918
Too many elementary school-aged kids selling prescription drugs at school and on the play ground - in your opinion - who should be held responsible?
The kids?
The parents?
The prescribing doctors and pharmacists?
More people die every day from tobacco and alcohol consumption - then people have died from smoking grass since Jesus walked his dinosaur - oh yeah dude - pot is that old, and has been used by many ever since the garden of spoiled apples
LeftLeaningLisa
I smoke, my husband does not. He condones my actions.
Yo Lisa, perhaps if you stop smoking dope you will smarten up and stop leaning left.
Poor reflection on real Marines, Leatherneck. Semper Fi!
How embarassing that his wife has to get in front of the media to distance herself from him. I wouldn't vote for her now that she can't even stand by her husband. So much drama and misinformation about a naturally occuring, unrefined plant is ridiculous
He is this week's winner of the "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" award. She gets honorable mention in the "I Had No Idea What Was Going On In The Other Room" category.
There goes the "for better or for worst" vow. I see a divorce in the near future, as she has been condoning the action until he got caught. She's perfect for politics.
Agreed! She cares more about herself and her career than her hubby and having his back!!!! However, what an idiot for having it on him there!!!! Still, anything under an ounce shouldn't even be any crime at all!!!!!
seek professional help and put him on suicide watch.and get rid of your wife - thanks for the support !!
The guy handled it poorly. I learned something in the Army back in the 1980s- if a superior catches you smoking weed the best thing to do is offer them a hit. They may just say "yeah!". If they say "no" then you're no worse off.
If they harrass this guy more than normal, he ought to tell the city to go find themselves another free lawyer because he has to work for money to pay his fine and for an extra pillow at the "pot counseling" sessions.
Now I'm going to go and smoke some really illegal skunky primo weed so I don't puke my medicine up. What a joy to be a lawbreaker twice a day at medicine time.
His wife is so full of it! If I was him I'd be pissed off at her for back stabbing him to make herself look like she doesn't condone smoking weed.
Yeah, right. The guy needs "professional help". She is just trying to divert attention away from her. I would bet a dollar on a dime that if she was tested, she'd show positive. Even if she didn't test positive, this is a defensive response to keep her clear of all eyes. She'll sink the boat as long as she's the one on the life raft. She should have made no comment whatsoever, and let him handle the situation.
o glaucoma
o anxiety
o bi-polar disorder
o arthritis
o nausea
o appetite stimulus
o CANCER --- yes, the data is coming in that it has killed cancer cells
I am sure that I have missed some benefits, but this above is a sample. All species on Earth, including humans, have an endocannabinoid system that recognizes and utilizes THC and CBD through pain receptors and the CB1 and CB2 receptors as part of our endocannabinoid system. In fact, researchers are leaning toward our body PRODUCING a form of cannabinoid as a way to fend of disease.
For all naysayers, do some homework on the web. Go to YouTube and search, "Cannabinoids kill cancer cells. From there, you can do some searching on the endocannabinoid system on google. You'll have so much data in front of you, your head will spin. And then kick back and have another martini and pickle both your brain and liver a bit more...
Peace.
By the way, I am a convicted felon for having grown eight cannabis plants in my own home for my own use to fend of the inflammation and pain from arthritis. Oh yeah ---- cannais is also an anti-inflammatory. I have paid a high price in many ways here in NYS for treating myself in my own home. I now know that even though I did not threaten, impinge, impede or victimize any other human or society as a whole, that I do not live free to live my life they way I see fit.
NYS --- possession of plants in my home --- a felony, $25,000 cash bail, 1 to 2 1/2 years in prison, three years parole.
NYS --- forcibly touching a little girl --- a misdameanor, an appearance ticket, and a slap on the wrist.
Tell me which person you would want for a neighbor...
For all we know she smokes it to, but doesn't want to lose her political job... So as a "good politician" she may just be using "plausible deniability."
I don't smoke the stuff myself (seriously) but I know plenty of people who do. I think he should get professional help, for being stupid enough to take it in the courtroom and letting it fall on the floor in front of the cops. For that reason alone, I wouldn't want him as my attorney, don't want him in court on my side, "forgetting something important."
As far as bad-mouthing addicts or users, I don't think most people should judge them or have any room to do so. People are addicted to all sorts of "crutches." Drugs, alcohol, the internet, sex, pharmaceutical drugs, sugar, food, exercise. We all use crutches, some even use their religion. I don't think it is a matter or whether we use crutches or not, the question is how detrimental are these crutches to us, and those around us.
There is a plethora of research that shows many holistic and natural medicines are far better than pharmaceuticals. This "war on drugs" is really about who is making the money and who has the most lobbyists.
“I love my husband unconditionally and am very concerned for his health and well-being, and for that of our family,” LaToya said. “I hope that this incident will encourage Jason to seek the professional help.”
Oh, puhleeze. I wouldn't vote for this woman based on her response to the incident. I have no problem with the guy having a joint. I do have a problem with the over-the-top self-righteous statement his wife released in order to cover her campaigning butt.
Expecting the voters to agree that pot use requires professional help, shows her disdain for the voters intelligence. I would be too insulted by her statement to vote for her.
“I love my husband unconditionally..." Ummmmmm no you don't LaToya........
I was a little surprised that his wife would throw him under a bus like that, but she's also running for a political office, so it kinda makes sense. It's obvious by her comment that she is aware that her husband smokes pot, and that she's shocked he had brought a joint into a courtroom and that he accidentally dropped it. She's also probably concerned that, because they have children, Louisiana's Child Protection Services might now come knocking on their door and possibly take their kids away because marijuana is illegal and there could be child endangerment charges against the parents for having marijuana around children. And yet, at the same time, I wonder if LaToya could pass a pee test....
Leatherneck, once marijuana is legal will you please leave?
So?
I would be more concerned if it was a bottle of vodka.
watching as the left brain doesn't care what the right brain is doing....vise versa....
this is law enforcement, and they can't even get it right. how are we, the great unwashed, supposed to react when bad is actually good and good is actually bad.
PLEASE stop telling me to follow the laws of the land, if this is how the law is managed.
or you *could* just eliminate the law of idiots controlling things people want, like, and will do again.
either way - the law enforcement doesn't actually convince me that this is actually a law at all.
They should piss test his wife. All we need is yet another lying politician in office. I bet she smokes the hell out of weed right along with her husband....
Yeah. By all means ,let's assume someone is guilty by association and let's force them to prove thier innocence. And of course, you'll be ok with proving your innocence every time you're accused of something. Right?
Thomas, I don't give a hoot if she smokes or not. If I was her I would have just said no comment rather than throwing my husband under the bus to try and cover my political ass. I was merely pointing out that she's just another hypocritical politician...
you mean their are still pot laws on the books ????,,
That will solve EVERYTHING!
No, seriously, what a stupid comment.
Thomas Blue
Well, if you're wife killed someone, and you claim you didn't know anything about it. A) You're lying B) A really dumb person C) The dead person
The law is the law. A lawyer should know better not to bring weed into a court room. How did he pass the bar, anyways? He got a wife a kids? Nice example. Great way to build a family and a practice. If anything he has a niche, he can represent potheads! Counselor do know where is the nearest headshop?
I imagine his practice won't suffer too much; he'll probably get a lot of reefer-rals. . .
How about I piss on you?
The current U.S. prohibition against cannabis is illegal, they use lies and bully tactics to enforce this prohibition. If Americans would stand up for their liberty and freedom by refusing to convict for ANY cannabis "crimes", by using jury nullification, then "We the People" can put an end to this prohibition! That, or just hope that the Feds reschedule cannabis from Schedule I in October, or that all three states vote in favor of "legalization" this November. I believe that it will come down to the states voting in November to end the insanity that is the multi-billion "War on Plants"!
The first half of your first sentence invalidates your entire statement.
Steve, what part do you not understand? That only through an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution can they enact "Prohibition" (see alcohol), but they supposdly "went around" the Constitution with a Tax Stamp Act? That the cannabis laws are draconian in that you can do more jail time in some states for a joint than if you robbed a bank? Or the part about using Jury nullification to take away the Feds power to prosecute an unjust law aimed primarily at incaracating minorities? How are these "invalid" statements?
Well KJNG here is the problem with your legalization issue.
1. The argument against alcohol prohibition was that it was made from naturally grown and cultivated plants, sugars, hops, and yes "cooked" and "distilled" as a fundamental right of people to consume thier own products. Along with that argument was the legalize and tax it, that it would stop organized crime, and of course such a product would be harmless to allow the populace to consume it.
Prior to the end of that alcohol prohibition, there were less than 1000 DUIs and less than 750 alcohol related fatalities NATION WIDE. Immediately following repeal, DUIs have more than quadrupled in EVERY STATE of the Union. Alcohol Fatalities have more than spiked 10 fold, and let's not forget the tens of thousands injured as a result of that harmless little drink. We can put into this mix the cost in terms of insurance, the cost of incarceration, courts, enforcement, sales to underage consumers, compliance checks, licensing and loss of incomes that result from hospitalizations, deaths and rehabs. The legalize and tax it brings in 18 Billion Dollars a year in liquor taxes, but costs 135 BILLION a year in the things I mentioned before, causing a 117 BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT. In fact, legalizing and taxing DID NOT destroy organized crime, but what it did do, was allow organized crime to open legitimate store fronts in the way of CASINOS, LOUNGES, and Warehouses, which now act as places to launder more money for Organized Crime's other money making pursuits.
You see, legalization and taxation does not end the illegal activity of ANY ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE. In fact, did you know the top 3 reasons people committ burglary, embezzlement, and petty thefts revolve around BOOZE, DRUGS, and GAMBLING? Yepper - hundreds of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS stolen for the sake of feeding addictions. Now while you can say POT is not addictive, I can certainly tell you it is. You see, if POT WAS NOT ADDICTIVE, then why would people smoke it? Yepper, you guessed it. It is because they want to get high. And that high is the addiction, no different than those that are commonly called ALCOHOLICS, Pill POPPERS, and DOPE FIENDS. In states, like Montana, that has a Medical Marijuana law, has NOT SEEN A DROP in DRUG RELATED CRIME, on the contrary - we have a rise in teenage use, a rise in thefts (to include burglary of dispenseries), and yes a rise in the number of fatalities and injuries caused by smoked up, med pot users. We even have our "folks who need thier medication" passing around laced brownies to kids, selling thier excess (thus becoming dope dealers), and you guessed it flounting other laws under the auspice of thier medicine.
Legalization WILL NOT curtail drug cartels, but what it will do is accomplish what it did for the repeal of Alcohol Prohibition. It will provide them with a means to open legitimate businesses, and I can almost guarentee you will will see a rise in the number of drugged drivers and the havok they cause just like the boozers have done with alcohol. We have seen it here in Montana. And our legislature is cracking down.
You may wish what you are saying is true, but that does not make it so. Cite ONE incident of a fatality caused by a "smoked up, med pot user. Cite a single valid study that declares marijuana addictive. This is the problem with those who oppose marijuana. You are just making up garbage to support a position that is based on lies and alterior motives. Try reality and facts to determine your OWN conclusions.
If anything, pot smokers drive way, way, way, too cautious and way under the speed limit. My only problem is they need to move over to the right lane.
Will...your comments about prohibition are absurd. Citing dui statistics for 1918, when prohib. went into effect is nuts. Tell me how many cars were on the road in 1918 compared to 1933, when the Amendment was revoked?
Your statistics are meaningless.
and, dude, pot smokers don't rob banks. I mean can you imagine..."uhm, Mam, can I like have some uh, wait a minute...what was it...uh, oh yeah...Mam...uh, these mints look good. Uh, later."
will you blew your statement in the first sentance. once "cooked or distilled" it changes the chemistry. pot is not cooked or distilled, rather left in its natural state to be consumed. that is a major differance from the start. you should rally go do someserious research, and come up with the real numbers of fatalities and there cause's. you really need to get some real information on the differance's between the effects of marijauna and alcohal. when people like you start to spout about how harmful and detrimental pot is, i laugh at your ignorance of the facts. legalization is not about tax and control, it is simply ones right to decide what they do with there own body. I would assume you think you have the right to control what you want to do and how you want to live, but really, if your lifestyle was to become illegal due to the majority decideing it should be, bet your would want to change the law too.
chpstrkn, I agree with you and KJNG. This is a prohibition against the majority vote and that is kills me. The Feds know that they can not legalize it because it is easy to grow and taxing it would be hard to do. This was discussed through Congress and plus no Congress person would personally support it unless they had backing through the American People. This is a drug I do not do but I do not have a problem with it.
An experiment was conducted to see the effects of pot on people's ability to fly. Volunteer pilots flew in a flight simulator for a base performance level. They could land within 1 foot of the center line of the runway. Then they were given pot. Of course they crashed etc for a while after getting high, but they kept testing them until they returned to the base performance level. It was a full 30 days before the pilots could fly as well as before getting high, just one time!! Pot is absorbed by the fat in your body then re released over an extended period, in effect giving a long term high. Alcohol is gone the next day and performance returns to normal, just one high on pot takes a full month to leave your system. I guess if you don't drive for a month after using it is OK with me. What if a child runs out in front of your car and your reflexes are impaired, how will you feel for the rest of your life? Or a thousand other things that impaired performance could change yours and other people's lives. Sorry, it is a drug.
dav1bg it is clear to me that you have consumed the koolaid, and not just a sip, i get the impression that you may be bathing in a large tub of said beverage at this very moment. it is painfully obvious that you were too afraid of 'coloring outside of the lines' to actually get some real life personal knowledge of the effects of marijuana. did you know dav1bg that your brain contains cannabinoid receptors and that your body naturally produces chemicals that are incredibly similar to the active ingredients in marijuana? you should take some of your spare time and do a few side by side comparisons of marijuana and any pain medicine or mood regulating drugs that the fda has approved. you may actually learn something in the process.
@ Paramed - Judy Wang a mother of 3. Killed by a high on POT dope smoker. At trial, the CONVICTED POTHEAD stated he was travelling at a rate in excess of 85 miles an hour because he was running late to a BONG PARTY. Instance #2 - a Mother and an 8 year old boy travelling in a mini van was T-Boned by a high on pot motorcyclist. The pothead crashed through the side window and struck the 8 yr old in the chest with such force that it crushed his sternum and sent bone shards into the boy's heart killing him. These incidents have happened here in Montana.
@chp - this is not my argument about being distilled or cooked. It is infact one of the arguments involving the mass production of beer (concerning hops) and the production of corn mash for whiskey. Specifically,
Millions of homes, in the majority of which liquor was never seen, have been turned into breweries and distilleries. The youth of the land is being reared in the atmosphere of disregard for law and lack of confidence in government.
Former law-abiding citizens see nothing wrong in drinking and even in distilling liquor or making home-brew. Men and women who never drank before now seek it openly. The pocket flask may be found in almost every store and is never absent from any meeting, dinner, or dancing party.
Young and old alike do not regard the Volstead law as of sane legislative expression under the eighteenth amendment but as an impression of fanaticism clothed in the form of law . .
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Beer drinking has been forced to give way to whisky and near whisky and other poisonous concoctions.
These quotes taken directly from Matthew Woll at THE NATIONAL PROHIBITION LAW HEARINGS
April 5 to 24, 1926 Link Provided here
And for your own edification that same argument about it being your own body and you are free to do with it as you will sounds all fine and good, until you take to the streets under the influence, THEN you have just impinged on my rights to commute without worrying about your under the influence self causing me harm.
And if you want some statistical data concerning alcohol try doing a bit of research on "The Cost of DUIs" and you will see for yourself the actual monetary breakdown of what it costs all of us. "In the United States, the public cost of alcohol-induced traffic incidents is estimated to be around $114.3 billion. This includes $51.1 billion in monetary costs and roughly $62.3 billion in life losses. The driver is not the only one financially affected in these situations; people other than the drunk driver pay around $71.6 billion for alcohol-related crashes." Found at the DUI FOUNDATION. Alcohol Tax Revenue (5.8 Billion per year) Thus genius, subtract 5.8 Billion from 114.3 Billion for a total of 108.5 Billion in losses JUST IN BOOZE RELATED CRASHES, NOT taking into account the LEGAL COSTS of incarceration, trial, or policing.
And for your additional edification - we have had in Montana in just this past year, in the closest city to us 17 burglaries committed by people that when caught admitted in court the thefts were related to purchasing pot. ONE of these burglaries was a break in at a church where vestments, electronics, and tithes were stolen. But being a pro potter like yourself, of course it could never be the cheeba...
Jim - try looking at national DUI statistics and you will see the alarming increase in not only DUIs but fatalities and related crashes. (DUI STATS) and Deaths During Prohibition (this one is JUST CHICAGO)
Deaths from Alcoholism. In New York City, from 1900 through 1909, there was an average of 526 deaths annually attributable to alcoholism. From 1910 through 1917, the average number was 619.
It plummeted to 183 for the years 1918 through 1922. Thereafter, the figure rose, averaging a new high of 639 for the years 1923 through 1927 (Rice, ed., 1930: 122). These figures do not include those deaths caused by drunk driving.
So folks as absurd as the information I provided earlier may have sounded, at least I have provided my sources...
I once killed a bag of Doritos while under the influence of marijuana. Smothered them in queso picante sauce first. I couldn't help myself.
That was immpressive you sited three cases where someone was high and got into car accidents. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut here and there. Now for all of the research you do go to the Dept of Transportation website and find out how many people in America will die on their way home form work tonight driving completely sober. Far more then the three cases presented......maybe we should just ban driving all together too!
Excuse me, two cases...
I'mStillLaughing: I think you are correct. Most pot smokers actually get stopped for driving too carefully. Which I personally find appalling. I tend not to bother people who are driving carefully, not an issue for me. But it really depends on the potency and how high they are. Have found a few (not many) that were totally wasted and shouldn't be driving, really rare though. Actually, my experience has been once they get really loaded, most tend NOT TO DRIVE. I see most of them hanging in the park or at their friends house when we get loud music calls.
I wish alcoholics would do that, but they seem to drive regardless of how loaded they are.
My biggest issue with marijuana smokers is their diet. I call it the "itos" diet: Seems to me they always have tons of Doritos, Fritos, Cheetos, Burritos, etc. No that isn't a crime, just kind of cracks me up... the amount of munchies. Apparently Charle7834 is in good company.
The do have the coolest water pipes though. Some pretty amazing art work.... and they give us less trouble than anyone else out there.
Yeah I'mStillLaughing, it might be 2 cases - but tell that to thier families. The fact is, there are probably plenty more, but the assinine notion that pot heads don't cause accidents, or don't ever kill someone is about as stupid as claiming the pope isn't catholic.
I pointed out the costs of DUIs because of the assinine argument that legalize and tax it is a solution. It isn't a solution. It presents it's own consequences, just like the repeal of alcohol prohibition did. When pro pot people say "look at how worthless alcohol prohibition was", I can certainly point to facts that counter the argument. The arguments for someone to use recreational drugs are no different to the arguments for alcohol. NO DRUG - booze, pot, meth, or otherwise is "safe", and comes with NO CONSEQUENCE. It comes down truthfully to responsibility. And we know the lapses of being responsible.
But for someone to say NO ONE has ever died as a result of POT, I have just proven it has. For someone to say people don't committ crimes over pot, I have pointed to facts they have. And you completely miss the point I was making concerning DUI Statistics. The "harmless drink" argument certainly isn't so harmless. It was a belief that people would be responsible and they have proven themselves to be anything but. And honestly, do you think downplaying the thousands that are killed, maimed and injured by intoxicated drivers does anything other than show your ignorance to a social problem - like drug addiction - and the impacts it has not only to the person consuming and using, but to the rest of us?
Again, It is hard to reason with someone who has lost braincells to a harmless little plant...
"a marijuana joint"? What is this...the 50's?
Really, I'm surprised they didn't call it Muggles and mention Negro Jazz Musicians in the article.
What?????? There was marijuana in the 50's?????????? No way.......get out of here.
Yes, it's 1950 in Nawlins.
When given a choice between seeking regular help and "the professional help", I'd definitely go with the professionals. They are just so much more helpful, in a professional sort of way.
What kind of professional help does one need to stop using a nonaddictive recreational drug? Either you want to stop or you don't.
No kidding Steve, I guess I'll be an addict this Saturday. I'll kick the demon and try to give it up once the weekend is over :-). Weed addictive, what a laugh. I've never felt like I need to get high but it is fun sometimes...
Hi Steve. It's sarcasm. The quote is ridiculous.
If you went into rehab for weed you would either be laughed out of the building or really upset people who are truly struggling with addiction.
many things can be psychologically addictive and not physically addictive
Kinda like an "abstinence for life" Priest giving Marriage counseling ?
"many things can be psychologically addictive and not physically addictive"
Watching football is addictive too, does that mean I need professional help too? Oh well, nothing a Sunday afternoon over at Buffalo wild-Wings with buddies can't cure.
I'm a football addicted Buffalo Bills fan. Obviously, I need help kicking the habit. I felt good 1991-1994, but, then I lost the buzz. I guess I need professional help. 11 years and counting. No satisfaction anymore, but I still watch, hoping, praying, believing some glimmer of life will re-enter my beloved team. This addiction stuff is brutal.
Hey Jim, Sunday was a real buzzkill for you, huh? Pats rock! I was @ Foxboro for their last loss to Brady & crew...my buzzkill was when they choked @ the Superbowl.
I really don't care if he is a pot smoker. Yes, it is illegal at this particular time in history. Irrespective of whether it should be legal or not, this is clearly the dumbest attorney I've read about in a while.
1. Leave the joint somewhere else. You are going into a state courthouse. A government building. You are subject to search at all times. Epic! You think you are going to light up in the judge's chambers? Rule number 1: Don't carry drugs into the courthouse!
2. It just "fell" out of your pocket? WTF? Next time, know what is in your pocket before you start pulling things out willy-nilly. Put it in a key fob or something innocuous. "Here, Officer Friendly, let me give you my business card. Whoops. That ain't mine. You planted it! You trying to frame me!?!?"
3. Make up a story. For example, you don't smoke pot! It's . . . evidence . . . from an unrelated case given to you by a client. Yeah, that's the ticket!
He should be disbarred for being dumb.
I dono, maybe he was going to give it to a judge so the judge would clear up a court case, or had just got the joint from the chief of police and hadn't got it out of the building yet.
I guess anything is possible. Still, if he is this careless, I'm not sure I would want him handling my defense.
But see, he's probably a lib, and like it or not, it is illegal, but laws don't apply to libs right? BTW it's probably BUSH'S FAULT!
Not all laws are good laws, nor are all of them worthy of obedience. It was once illegal to give aid to a run away slave. That law was broken by people who believed in personal freedom. Breaking unjust laws is a part of the process of getting such laws changed. If all the citizens just went along, they would never be taken off the books.
no J.C. its the laws you conservatives keep on the books that are repressive to a free people. Remember the part of the constitution that mentions life, liberty, and pursuit of HAPPINESS. I'll define my happiness thankyou; you define yours. If mine doesn't effect yours, what's your beef?
One joint...one joint generally means...I'm out of pot...and hold on here....Mexicans can come here ...get jobs illegally...drive illegally....not pay taxes...and NOBODY cares....but arrest that guy with one little ole joint...who decides just what laws we totally ignore and what ones we don't? Justice?...I'd of had to look at the judge and tell him..YOU this COURT and JUSTICE....are all a big joke along with that lying social climber I'm now divorcing!
Your honor..that joint that fell out of my pocket is evidence for a case I have today here in court.
Counselor..your court session at 3PM today for your case..I happen to preside over..and this case is about a zoning ordinance making a driveway longer then allowed..what does a marijuana joint have to do with this case sir?
Never mind your honor..my wife must be setting me up.
My cousin Vinny is better then this guy!
Seriously, A joint? Just one? Call the DEA! Any pot head worth their weight knows it's far easier to function stoned than it is after throwing a few drinks back which isn't entirely uncommon during lunch for many professionals.
Yeah, if a brick or heroin fell out of his jacket pocket, sure, seek professional help...but for a joint, really?
Although I don't smoke the stuff, after years of "I tried it, but never exhaled it" experimentation, this is such a waste of limited resources. Legalize the product for those 21 or older, and be done with it!!
It wasn't mine your honor. I was holding for a friend.
Lol.
Oooh. What a surprise. Even attorneys smoke pot. Know what? Doctors, congressmen, cops, and teachers do too. So what's the big deal? Yeah, the guy was stupid to take it into the courthouse. Or maybe he got it from a judge, or another attorney? Aren't they going to spend millions of tax dollars looking for Mr. Big? /smh
LaToya said. “I hope that this incident will encourage Jason to seek the professional help.”
I wonder if her public reaction would remain the same if it had been an alcohol flask rather than a joint which fell from his pocket?
Two years ago a police officer came to me at my dwelling to virtually arrest me on a trumped up charge which he himself new was political payback and, the whole time he was taking down information I was sitting two feet from him at the table rolling about TEN joints. He never once flinched because he knew I was a registered Medical marijuana Patient and Caregiver. The Political vendetta for which he was virtually arresting me for was due to my being outspoken on that very issue in a public forum.
Times, they are a changin' since: The MARIHUANA Tax Act officially took effect on October 1, 1937 - http www gather com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981672925 and the outright LIES and Propaganda fostered over the past 75 years has been revealed. Cannabis with a high THC content does indeed have verified medical applications and the Non-THC sub-species commonly known as Hemp has been scientifically proved it has no place under the Schedule ONE designation of the Controlled Substance Act.
Stop the LIES - Face the Scientific TRUTH regarding this plant, created by the CREATOR for the benefit of all Mankind. Removal of the Non-THC sub-species commonly known as Hemp from the Controlled Substance Act could provide a great economic boon for our economy.
Every State could bring this madness to an end if they would reclaim their rights under Section 903-States Rights, if they truly cared for society and their citizens welfare. Each State has the power to reduce high-THC content Cannabis to a lower Drug Schedule which has regulations and rules already in place. Equally they could increase their economies by removing Non-THC Hemp and place it's regulations under the Agricultural Departments Authority.
take heart richard owl mirror, the tide of enlightened people regarding marijuana and its effects is ever rising and will soon extinguish the fiery lies being spread in our indoctrination centers. the truth will ultimately prevail.
American taxpayers are being forced to pay $40 Billion a year for a prohibition that causes 10,000 brutal murders & 800,000 needless arrests each year, but which doesn't even stop CHILDREN getting marijuana.
After seventy-five years of prohibition, it's obvious that the federal marijuana prohibition causes FAR more harm than good and must END! Drug Dealers Don't Card, Supermarkets Do.
See my link above ;>}
the underground market can not afford to card people and will not refuse service to anyone who meets one requirement. "Where is the money?"
Just another druggie idiot...
Go away idiot...
"Druggie"? Where did you learn that term, in the DARE program in 3rd grade?
It sounds to me like you have low self esteem problems, but don't stoop so low as to call yourself an idiot. Although I might not say the same thing about someone who named you Vern!!
For a druggie idiot he's done himself and his family pretty good. Can you say that about yourself?
Vern is a troll.
You use drugs yourself Einstein. Please say you don't so I can slap you down.
"seek professional help"? what a friggin joke. You want to bring down the debt/defecit. Do the right thing and get these idiotic laws off the books. And for those that say if you want to get high then live somewhere else - GFY.
FIG, she probably ment that that's all he got, was one joint? he should go to a profesional grower, and get a couple ozs at least. One joint wouldn't last both of them very long, that's why she was mad.
Fig, thanks for hitting the nail on the head! After last night's (IMO opinion) depressing debate where I hear about cutting everything from Big Bird to Medicare spending to taxes to blah blah blah blah.....I was already thinking how about you let us (the people) start making cuts! First these outdated pot laws, I'm done spending tax dollars on the war against pot! Lets leagalize it, tax it, stop paying to prosecute and house hippies/regular people/ and apparently city attorneys. You need trillions......there you go.
I played golf for years..always lawyers,doctors, and CEO's on course..when I use the restroom..always see them sniffing COKE..its their day off I suppose and enjoying it. And a simple joint gets this guy in trouble.
America is trying to stop the cocaine trade..but most of America doesn't even know who can afford it and uses it everyday.
Not saying they do lines in the restroom with a mirror plate..they have these small nasal capsules they use to sniff with.
Kinda shaped like a large bullet?
Exactly Steve.
Sometimes I tell them..you have alittle talc powder under your nose..some use it for better golf club grip ( the talc powder not the coke).
Yup, I've seen and used those in my younger days. But I for one can't see how coke do anything but make me even worse at golf lol.
Hmmm........so that's what that powder is for. I always wonder why there was powder on the carts.
look this is stupid legalize marijuana already then unemployment wont be so high we could all have jobs i had a public juvi defender tell my kid when he was 15 right in front of me that he didnt see anything wrong with smoking marijuana and that drinking alcohol was worse they all do it noone is fooling any one the only stupid people are the ones denying it
I can tell your're female by the lack of punctuation. If you want to express yourself, please let the rest of the world know where one thought stops and another starts.
@agent227....We can tell YOU'RE a man, because YOUR spelling/punctuation is less than par. Check the italics for corrections. Blogger, please!
Agent 227, a lack of grammatical skills is hardly indicative of a particular gender. In my observation of posts, I actually notice a greater tendency among the men to spell and punctuate poorly. Your hatred of women says quite a lot about you. Perhaps you should investigate that further?