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Cops Make Major Hibiscus Bust (thinkng it's marijuana)
Fox News ^ | 08/04/2004 | staff

Posted on 08/04/2004 5:55:39 AM PDT by BJClinton

Texas cops thought they'd made a major drug bust when they raided a home northwest of Houston last Tuesday. After all, it looked like there were huge marijuana plants growing in the front yard.

"All of a sudden, they burst in with their guns loaded, pointing at me, screaming, 'Get on the floor! Get on the floor!'" northwest Harris County resident Blair Davis told KHOU-TV.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: barneyfife; hibiscus; marijuana; pot; wod; wosd
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To: BJClinton

41 posted on 08/04/2004 6:21:52 AM PDT by sweetliberty ("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
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To: looscnnn

Right now, the police chief is probably chewing out some officer for screwing up this bust (ie., not seizing the guy's new Escalade)


42 posted on 08/04/2004 6:21:58 AM PDT by FreeInWV
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To: BJClinton
Lt. Webb defends his officers. "I'm sure it was traumatic," he told KHOU. "Any time there's a search warrant served at your house, there's gonna be some trauma involved."

Lt. Webb needs a little trauma inflicted on him.

43 posted on 08/04/2004 6:22:02 AM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: Darnright

"Yep, those photos are very close. I'm relieved my Hibiscus is the more commonly seen type. I don't need a bunch of cops screeching to a halt every time they pass my front porch."

Do you really think they're very close? A quick perusal of those two pictures reveals that other than a general similarity in the outline and arrangement of the leaves, there are many differences. The MJ plant has green stalks and shoots - the hibiscus has reddish stalks and shoots. The MJ plant's leaves have a characteristic ribbing on them that the hibiscus plant's leaves lack. And the MJ plant is much bushier, for lack of a better word.


44 posted on 08/04/2004 6:22:10 AM PDT by -YYZ-
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To: NautiNurse

Well it's easy, exactly like pot, the hibiscus has...five...petals...Ooops...LOL

You would think police would have more pressing matters to deal with. I wonder what will happen of the bright officer who masterminded this totally brilliant crackdown ?


45 posted on 08/04/2004 6:22:45 AM PDT by Atlantic Friend (Cursum Perficio)
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To: BJClinton

No Hibiscus, no peace!


46 posted on 08/04/2004 6:22:54 AM PDT by RexBeach (Before God makes you greedy, he makes you stupid.)
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To: em2vn

Even more to the point, why didn't they just knock on the front door and ask him what the plants were? Why the SWAT approach?


47 posted on 08/04/2004 6:23:38 AM PDT by angkor
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To: CindyDawg

I'm not interested in relaxing the drug laws generally--just marijuana. And my only interest is that it's a waste of resources given the negligibly worse health impact of marijuana vs. alcohol and tobacco. Hard drugs are a different matter, though.

Actually, I would not have a problem making it legal for proven addicts to get small amounts of harder drugs, provided that they submit to treatment, and monitoring. They could buy from the government, at low prices, and the government could acquire their supplies from seizures, using the proceeds to offset the cost of the program. That would be better than banning the narcotics altogether because it would burn the pusher's rope at both ends. They keep up the pressure with arrests and seizures, and they take away the market for the product by undercutting the street price and forcing addicts into programs.


48 posted on 08/04/2004 6:23:52 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: BJClinton; PeaceBeWithYou; Dog Gone
Do y'all have any competent cops down there. I've never seen any evidence of it.
49 posted on 08/04/2004 6:24:05 AM PDT by sweetliberty ("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
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To: BJClinton
Obviously, the only solution is to criminalize hibiscus.

Let's all become members of the Criminalize Hibiscus Imitating Marijuana Plants organization...
50 posted on 08/04/2004 6:24:12 AM PDT by beezdotcom (I'm usually either right or wrong.)
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To: Brilliant

I agree... go after the hard stuff, cocaine, crystal meth


51 posted on 08/04/2004 6:25:19 AM PDT by RolandBurnam
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To: BJClinton

Dave's not home, dude.


52 posted on 08/04/2004 6:25:21 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: BJClinton
"Davis thinks the narcotics officers might need a little more training."

Ya think????

53 posted on 08/04/2004 6:26:53 AM PDT by sweetliberty ("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
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To: hopespringseternal
Lt. Webb needs a little trauma inflicted on him.

Couldn't agree more. Make him liable, in civil court, for any damages that resulted in this bogus bust.

54 posted on 08/04/2004 6:27:07 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: OXENinFLA

Such mistakes are made possible only by morons who attempt outlaw plants. What a racket!


55 posted on 08/04/2004 6:27:47 AM PDT by Search4Truth (When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
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To: Brilliant
Make it legal, but tax it up the wazzoo, like they do cigarettes.

I agree, except too much tax and you've got the black market all over again. I say treat it like alcohol - punish the effects of the substance if they occur (bad driving, etc). But if folks can handle it responsibly, in their homes, why the fuss?

And for the record, I have never smoked the stuff, but I object to its demonization and subsequent wasted government resources.

56 posted on 08/04/2004 6:28:51 AM PDT by Puddleglum
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To: mgc1122
Sounds like an episode of RENO 911 ... too bad this is real life, with real guns and real consequences.

That's exactly what I thought.

To think, some people in this country don't trust their fellow citizens with firearms, but they trust the police.

57 posted on 08/04/2004 6:30:29 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: Gorzaloon
"Of all the people I know whose lives were ruined by substances, alcohol tops the list"

Bingo! And I have never seen a person's life ruined by regular pot smoking if there were not hard drugs involved as well. Perhaps they're a little less motivated than the norm, but functional and relatively normal nonetheless.

58 posted on 08/04/2004 6:32:33 AM PDT by sweetliberty ("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
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To: BJClinton

Especially when you consider that I have never seen a variety of Hibiscus that looked anything at all like Marijuana.


59 posted on 08/04/2004 6:32:46 AM PDT by TheBattman
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To: CindyDawg

>>I believe every American adult should be responsible fot themselves and it should not be any of the governments business. <<

If you are going to give aid to foreigners then Americans should receive some too!

Why restrict just Americans to being responsible for themselves?


60 posted on 08/04/2004 6:36:21 AM PDT by B4Ranch (----http://www.firearmsid.com/----"Wise men learn more from fools than fools learn from the wise.")
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