Posted on 03/03/2015 10:55:54 PM PST by Ken H
“Hmm.. A better option for the jury would have been to find him not guilty on the marijuana charges, but slap him with a fine for lying to the court. 46 plants is not one person’s medi-marijuana stash. No possible way.”
A professional grower can get an ounce a plant - average. Amateurs are looking at .25-.5 and ounce. So, if we assume a rough mid-point, the odds are that his crop would’ve produced about 23 ounces of cannabis.
The state of Arizona says that 2.5 ounces a week is reasonable for personal, medical use. That means that he would’ve made enough product to medicate himself for about nine weeks. To grow a quality, medical-grade marijuana takes about four months. Assuming that he was using half of what Arizona allows, then he was growing exactly enough to get him through until the next harvest.
I have a huge freezer and a 11x13 storage room/pantry. I buy everything in bulk and stock up for rainy days.
“Colorado Teens Smoking Less Pot Since Legalization” - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3190690/posts
“Six Months After Legalizing Marijuana, Two Big Things Have Happened in Colorado” - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3175168/posts: “According to government data, the Denver city- and county-wide murder rate has dropped 52.9% since recreational marijuana use was legalized”
You’ve posted highly subjective talking points.
Keep telling yourself that.
The FL electorate shot down the most recent popular vote attempt at legalizing “medical marijuana”.
Medical marijuana has been legal in Florida for a while. The strain is called “Charlottes Web”.
It has little to no recreational use value.
Morgan & Morgan, and numerous “politically connected” potential monopolistic industry speculators” in property/greenhouse operations were very upset about the whole thing!
Florida voters decided not to create another heavily regulated, government controlled, restricted market for a plant that anyone can easily grow themselves.
Floridians voted against a cynical attempt to preemptively re-regulate cannabis by designating it a medically controlled substance, since that would also keep all hemp plants under strict government control.
You would be surprised at the number of citizens who would vote for 100% deregulation for personal cultivation and use of marijuana.
If you weren't in on the whole profitable tax it and regulate it scheme in the first place!
Last Monday:)
The FL electorate shot down the most recent popular vote attempt at legalizing “medical marijuana”.
True. It got 58%, just short of the 60% needed. For the prohibitionist side, that is about as pyrrhic as you can get and still call it victory.
The breakdown of the vote by age, posted below, shows where marijuana is headed in FL. Opposition is concentrated in the oldest groups, while support is strongest with the young. The numbers are very lopsided.
This is relevant to my point about medical mj in FL. If you're a competent defense attorney, what you do is look at those numbers, and then you select a young jury. If you're a prosecutor looking at those same numbers, and you just saw a jury refuse to convict for 46 plants, how likely are you to go after someone with 6 plants?
Regardless of what FL or US law says, if you can persuade a jury of your peers that you have a legitimate need, you're going to walk. As I said in an earlier post, I think prosecutors will more or less throw in the towel. This is why I contend that medical marijuana has come to Florida.
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Ages ==> Yes / No
18-24 => 83% / 17%
25-29 => 75% / 25%
30-39 => 68% / 32%
40-49 => 63% / 37%
50-64 => 58% / 42%
65 + ==> 38% / 62%
www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2014/FL/I1/exitpoll
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Also keep in mind that people over 70 are exempt from jury duty in FL.
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