[Richard Kimball]

Whether marijuana SHOULD be legal or not, the simple fact is, marijuana is NOT legal. This means that the boy SHOULD expect some penalty for getting caught doing something he KNEW was illegal. OTOH, the penalty was supposed to be a few weekends behind bars, not a weekend of getting homosexually raped.

But, Matthew Shepard didn't plan on dying tied to a fence, either. Sometimes the penalty for doing something stoopid is more severe than it seems like it should be. I've been blessed. I've done some very stupid things, and have never had to pay the full price of my deeds.

[Chemist_Geek]

Whether marijuana SHOULD be legal or not, the simple fact is, marijuana is NOT legal. This means that the boy SHOULD expect some penalty for getting caught doing something he KNEW was illegal.

I should point out, and amplify, that in America we can get the laws changed through peaceful means. Thus, I don't want to hear anything about our Founding Fathers breaking British law - they lived under a dictatorial monarch, not a representative system of government.

Just look at the success of shall-issue CPL laws across the nation - from roughly 10 in 1987, to 37 now. The laws can be changed through political action.