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Mom properly jailed for letting baby smoke dope -court (City of Fruits & Nuts)
Associated Press ^
| 09/22/06
Posted on 09/22/2006 11:50:51 AM PDT by presidio9
A Montana mother who allowed her 18-month-old baby daughter to inhale from a marijuana water pipe on several occasions was properly convicted, but should not have to spend five years in jail, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.
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Jessica Durham was photographed allowing her toddler Michala to suck from a marijuana water pipe, also known as a bong, in 2004 by a friend upset about the activity.
"Ms. Durham allegedly remarked that smoking improved Michala's appetite and left Michala lethargic and mellow - a manner she found consistent with her own experience smoking marijuana," Judge Louis Pollak of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in summarising the case.
In 2005, a lower court sentenced Durham to five years in prison for unlawful marijuana distribution. She appealed both the conviction and the sentence.
In its ruling on Friday, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit upheld the conviction but said the sentence exceeded the applicable federal law which calls for punishment of no more than two years in prison.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: 9thcircus; childabuse; dopersrights; drugs; drugwar; headedforfostercare; motheroftheyearaward; redxbox; smoking; unfitparents; warondrugs; whiskeytangofoxtrot; wod; wodlist; wtf; yourbrainondrugs
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:50:52 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
This article will probably bring out a few "nuts" who support this type of stupidity.
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:52:51 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
To: presidio9
"A Montana mother who allowed her 18-month-old baby daughter to inhale from a marijuana water pipe on several occasions was properly convicted, but should not have to spend five years in jail"
Fine. She should have all parental rights forever severed and be sterilized. Then set free.
(My first post, YEAH!:o)
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:54:03 AM PDT
by
BLS
To: presidio9
To: SoldierDad
Just don't say the "L" word. On any thread that mentions drugs, it draws them like flies to dogsh-t.
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:54:35 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(Make Mohammed's day: Shoot a nun in the back.)
To: presidio9
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:54:45 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: presidio9
Ahhh..."Baby's First Bong". I wonder if she'll have it bronzed.
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:55:09 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: BLS
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:55:17 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(Make Mohammed's day: Shoot a nun in the back.)
To: BLS
And it was such a good one. Congratulations
9
posted on
09/22/2006 11:55:19 AM PDT
by
Shimmer128
(If chocolate fudge cake could sing, it would sound like Barry White.)
To: BLS
Welcome to FR..........Keep it clean and you won't get zotted!........
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:55:22 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: Shimmer128
Does that mean BLS is not a "virgin" anymore?..........
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:56:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:57:26 AM PDT
by
Shimmer128
(If chocolate fudge cake could sing, it would sound like Barry White.)
To: presidio9
Ms. Durham allegedly remarked that smoking improved Michala's appetite and left Michala lethargic and mellow
As far as I'm concerned, this is no different than parents that put their kids on ritalin because they're 'hyper'.
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:57:54 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
(The answer always lies with more freedom; not less)
To: presidio9
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posted on
09/22/2006 11:59:00 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
To: BLS
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:00:05 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(To the UN:Diplomacy is useful only when backed by the threat of swift, merciless, and violent death.)
To: presidio9
"Man, that's like soo f*@#ed up!"
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:00:34 PM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(I gigged your peace frog.)
To: JamesP81
As far as I'm concerned, this is no different than parents that put their kids on ritalin because they're 'hyper'. Except that it is totally different because there is no doctor monitoring the kid's behavior. And they don't prescribe ritalin at 18-months. The brain is still developing at that age. screwing around with mind-altering drugs at 18 months is dangerous.
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:01:13 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(Make Mohammed's day: Shoot a nun in the back.)
To: SoldierDad
Too late. I think they're already here.
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:03:46 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(Make Mohammed's day: Shoot a nun in the back.)
To: presidio9
They followed the scent quickly, didn't they?
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:06:49 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
To: presidio9
"The brain is still developing at that age. screwing around with mind-altering drugs at 18 months is dangerous."
Current research has shown that the human brain is still developing into the early 20's.
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posted on
09/22/2006 12:09:24 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
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