In this case, complaicency and stupidity suffice.
, because that's where I read that-also heard it mentioned on a LIBERAL talk show(mainstream media in both cases).
Like there's some huge gap between liberals and conservatives on this subject. All either of them ever do is read squibs out of Reuters that some government agency prepares.
Major news media of any political stripe is a good source of info-tainment and a good source of news involving blood and gore, however, when it comes to serious, sourced journalism that requires a reporter and a reader to dig and think, you will have to look elsewhere.
So sue me. I'm not trying to give out ANY misinformation on any subject, so that's why I said "from everything I've heard/read" rather than quote it as gospel.
That is a tool's defense for being a tool. Whatever you were "trying" to do, you were quite clearly passing on propaganda of no factual value, but obvious intent. I feel quite comfortable in objecting to this, and setting the record straight, regardless of this poor-innocent-me passion play.
And , pray tell me...just WHERE are they throwing kids in prison for smoking weed in 2005? Please name the states. And, no, I still don't care. Sorry.
None. There is no law against smoking weed. There is no law against being high. However, if you want to ask about possession, the answer is, about all of them.
Under federal 3-strike laws, your third bust for pot possession, which is a felony, is a mandatory sentence. So is your first bust when you have enough pot on you to last a month. So is your first bust, if your friends keep guns in the house. See the yearly FBI prisons report.
You probably think there isn't anyone in jail for using weed because you don't live in a black ghetto, where every kid on the playground is used to being lined up and searched at whim, and it is comparatively easy to make busts stick because a spectacularly well-dressed lawyer and two concerned parents, and assorted relatives, and maybe a teacher and a preacher, won't be on your case the next morning.
All I can say to you is, if you don't like those 3-strike laws,or any other law/policy, you have to strive to get them changed. And thanks for saying that because I tell someone about something I heard on the news, I'm a tool that makes excuses for the manipulators. That's being a wee bit paranoid, don't you think? Fight to get the laws changed-write/call your rep-do something & get involved, if you feel it's unjust.