Police Ordered to Return Confiscated Pot

Fox News ^ | Monday, February 09, 2004 | Fox News

[robertpaulsen]

Santa Cruz, California police pulled over a car with tinted windows

[robertpaulsen]

From other sources: They bought the "medical" marijuana the day before, and were caught driving around with it a day later -- medicine on the go. Their "medical prescriptions" (locally issued bogus scraps of paper based on a doctor's recommendation) were at home, not with them.

Well, here's your medical marijuana program in action. Enough dope to last each of them 9 months. To treat their cancer related nausea, AIDS related suppressed appetite, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, pain.

[Moleman]

'm glad they got the dope back. I would suggest removing the tint on the car windows in the future.

[bigfootbob]

Really irritates you, huh!!!!

[CheezyD]

I too am glad they got the marijuana back. Nice to know there's at least a smidgeon of common sense still left in this country.

[robertpaulsen]

What irritates me are those who use the sick and dying to promote "medical marijuana" when their true goal is full legalization.

These two bozos represent the majority of medical marijuana users (60% use marijuana for "pain", and I think that percentage is low). More stories like these, and people will see this issue for the scam it is.

"99% of "patients" are already self-medicating with cannabis prior to consulting their doctor."
-- Journal of the California Cannabis Research Medical Group

[eno_]

Yeah. Clever intermediate steps to a return to Constitutional government bug some people. Here's to the day narcs get treated like ex-Stasi.

[bigfootbob]

You've got it wrong AGAIN. The media like to focus on these over the top cases, just like they do to every topic. If it bleeds it leads, you know the routine.

As a certified cannabis patient being monitored by 3 different specialists, I can assure you most of us aren't like the side show performers seen in the media.

Don't boor me with your "other" drugs do a better job routine. You don't know what you're talking about. I've tried more different medications than I have time or energy to list and the cannabis is just part of the meds it takes to keep me a productive, wagon pulling contributor to American society.

[Kakaze]

" Leo Beus, 47, and his friend, Jon Balesteri, 54, were charged with transporting marijuana with intent to sell, "

I'm surprised their car wasn't seized and already sold at auction to support the "war" on drugs.

[antiRepublicrat]

Well, here's your medical marijuana program in action. Enough dope to last each of them 9 months.

If I needed it for any reason, you bet I'd buy a large stash to last me a while. It'd save me a LOT of money.

[mtbopfuyn]

In other news: Gore Jr. is contemplating a move to CA.

[stuartcr]

Why does the kind of pain matter to you?

[ApesForEvolution]

Pot's everywhereit - and as I see it, it only goes away with more of our God-granted, Constitutionally-affirmed rights going along with it (the couple we have left in America).

[robertpaulsen]

The kind of pain doesn't matter to me at all.

Medical marijuana advocates are quick to cite the noble reasons for the drug: Treating nausea in (dying) cancer chemotherapy patients, increasing the appetites of (dying) AIDS patients, treating glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and on and on. Oh, what a wonder drug!

In reality what is it being used for? Pain. You know, the kind of thing that you can't really prove ... or disprove? Yeah, that.

And when you throw in migraines, arthritis, lower back, emotional (really!) and all the other causes of pain, I would guess that close to 80% of the doctor's medical marijuana recommendations are for "pain" of some type.

[Deliberator]

In reality what is it being used for? Pain. You know, the kind of thing that you can't really prove ... or disprove?

So we should eliminate all pain medicines? Or all those that anybody might want to use for recreation rather than pain?

[stuartcr]

The way you were crossing out things, it appeared that the type of pain was important to you.

[Deliberator]

Pot's everywhereit - and as I see it, it only goes away with more of our God-granted, Constitutionally-affirmed rights going along with it (the couple we have left in America).

It's for the children.

[robertpaulsen]

Missing my point intentionally?

Medical marijuana advocates are misleading the public as to the uses of the drug.

Bozos A and B in the above article are closer to the real reasons people are getting medical approval for pot. They're in about as much "pain" as we are -- difference being we take Advil, they smoke dope.

[Protagoras]

It's important that stolen property be returned.

[Deliberator]

Medical marijuana advocates are misleading the public as to the uses of the drug.

So what was that crack about pain being "the kind of thing that you can't really prove ... or disprove?"

[augggh]

Medical marijuana advocates are misleading the public as to the uses of the drug.

Which is somehow worse than the ONDCP misleading the public as to the dangers of the drug.