Posted on 01/18/2013 3:50:25 AM PST by South40
HELENA, Mont. (AP) Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been moved from a drug treatment center to the Montana State Prison for threatening a staff member and other unspecified behavioral problems at the center, a corrections official said Thursday.
The former San Diego Chargers and Washington State Cougars quarterback was charged last spring with breaking into two houses and stealing prescription painkillers near his hometown of Great Falls. He pleaded guilty in May to reduced charges, and his five-year sentence called for spending nine months in a locked drug treatment facility as an alternative to prison.
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Sad story
Sad indeed. How far he has fallen... I guess he hasn’t reached bottom yet however.
Very sad indeed. This guy had the talent but wasted it.
A dumba$$. Wonder if he voted for Obama.
Lets make dope legal so we can destroy the minds of thousands like this idiots mind was destroyed by dope.
I remember when there was that fake anticipation of whether the Colts were going to draft him or Peyton Manning. Everyone knew they were going to take Manning, but the bigger surprise was how bad this guy turned out. It not uncommon for a 1st round QB to be a bust, but you combine his cockiness and his felonies, it is truly sad.
For awhile it looked like he turned around and was an assistant coach at a small college in Texas, but he was steal pain killers or something.
This story is right out of “The Longest Yard”.
Some draft “analysts” like Mel Kiper rated Leaf higher than Manning. I guess that’s why Kiper isn’t an NFL GM. After that, I pay absolutely NO attention to anything he says. I wonder how he still has a job on TV.
Oh well, so does Karl Rove and that Morris toe-sucker.
Yeah he is typically wrong. I remember most people I knew had no doubt about Manning. Maybe it was because I was from Florida, and we were in the SEC crowd.
Love the classic con uniforms.
they even gave him the dress version with collar
"Great Falls." Nomen est omen.
One turnover this quarterback needs to make is to turn over a new Leaf.
His drugs of choice are prescription painkillers.
Let’s keep it illegal so this guy has to commit felonies to get high. While we are at it let’s arm thousands of Mexican drug lords with the money the illegal drug trade creates.
Thousands are doing so already - and all the laws against it accomplish is to channel hyperinflated drug profits into criminal hands. And there's no reason to expect a substantial increase in drug use under legalization; how many people are undeterred by the dangers of the drugs themselves yet undeterred by the remote chance of arrest?
How’s that War on some Drugs working out?
If drugs are banned only criminals will have drugs? (except those with friendly doctors Rx)
If guns are banned only criminals will have guns? (except law enforcement and elitists)
Which comes first the drugs or the destroyed minds?
Get back to me when the gov’t can keep drugs out of PRISON.
Otherwise, the WoD seems to be a resounding ‘success’ already. (Excuse me, I think there’s someone pounding on my front door.....) </s>
I was wondering how long it would take for you guys to come along LOL
Are we sure he wasn't just traded to Pittsburgh?
Thousands are doing so already - and all the laws against it accomplish is to channel hyperinflated drug profits into criminal hands. And there's no reason to expect a substantial increase in drug use under legalization; how many people are undeterred by the dangers of the drugs themselves yet undeterred by the remote chance of arrest?
I was wondering how long it would take for you guys to come along LOL
You got here first and made it a drug policy thread. Any response on that subject?
Otherwise, the WoD seems to be a resounding ‘success’ already. (Excuse me, I think there’s someone pounding on my front door.....) </s>
If you have no drugs, they'll just shoot your dog and be on their way.
Hey buy all the dope you want man. Theres plenty of room in the next cell.
Thousands are doing so already - and all the laws against it accomplish is to channel hyperinflated drug profits into criminal hands. And there's no reason to expect a substantial increase in drug use under legalization; how many people are undeterred by the dangers of the drugs themselves yet undeterred by the remote chance of arrest?
Hey buy all the dope you want man. Theres plenty of room in the next cell.
Nonresponsive. I want no dope - but many others do and are undeterred by the remote chance of arrest ... so all the laws against it accomplish is to channel hyperinflated drug profits into criminal hands.
And all the laws against killing in Chicago are a waste of time in the South Side, Lets just get rid of those laws.
And all the laws against killing in Chicago are a waste of time in the South Side, Lets just get rid of those laws.
The laws against drugs are not just a waste of time but an active detriment across the nation - whereas nationally 2 of 3 murders are solved. And murder violates rights, unlike drug making, selling, buying, or using.
Pray for him. Addiction is a nasty monkey on the back. Jesus can and does take it away.
lol! Yeah, I'm sure they'd rather have Leaf than Big Ben. Those Pittsburgh uniform are horrid.
I have found that arguing with people who want drugs lagalised is a terrible waste of time, so excuse me for not carrying this further.
I lean to the side of legalization. I don't minimize the arguments against it.
But weren't all drugs legal, including opium, until about 100 years ago?
It went to crap when some bureaucrat convinced Congress it should be illegal for a doctor to prescribe drugs to a patient just to prevent withdrawl because he’s become addicted.
Thousands are doing so already - and all the laws against it accomplish is to channel hyperinflated drug profits into criminal hands. And there's no reason to expect a substantial increase in drug use under legalization; how many people are undeterred by the dangers of the drugs themselves yet undeterred by the remote chance of arrest?
Hey buy all the dope you want man. Theres plenty of room in the next cell.
Nonresponsive. I want no dope - but many others do and are undeterred by the remote chance of arrest ... so all the laws against it accomplish is to channel hyperinflated drug profits into criminal hands.
And all the laws against killing in Chicago are a waste of time in the South Side, Lets just get rid of those laws.
The laws against drugs are not just a waste of time but an active detriment across the nation - whereas nationally 2 of 3 murders are solved. And murder violates rights, unlike drug making, selling, buying, or using.
I have found that arguing with people who want drugs lagalised is a terrible waste of time, so excuse me for not carrying this further.
Funny how you were willing to start the argument and reply twice, and only determined it was a "waste of time" when it became clear you were losing badly.
You are right:
I made the mistake of giving my opinion and I knew you dope lovers would be right there. It was a mistake to start the argument with you proponents of free dope.
I apologise.
Now will you please go TF away? Thank you.
Are you asking me to stop pinging you when I rebut your posts? If so, I will grant your request.
I made the mistake of giving my opinion and I knew you dope lovers would be right there. It was a mistake to start the argument with you proponents of free dope.
I don't "love" dope any more than I love alcohol, a drug whose continued legality I support on the basis of individual liberty - and I don't propose "free" dope but a price set by a lightly regulated free market (again, like the drug alcohol).
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