Are Pot Users Criminals? The Tragic Case of Rachel Hoffman

ABC News ^ | July 24, 2008 | BRIAN ROSS and VIC WALTER

[Mojave]

Why don’t ya just answer his questions slick?

She wasn't arrested for overdoses.

[blackbart.223]

"lol...I could not agree more. I feel like I’m dealing some some twisted, sadistic deviates here."

I hear The Taliban are seeking recruits.

[MartinStyles]

He never answered mine. Overdosing has nothing to do with it anyway. It’s fairly rare for even PCP to be lethally od’d.

Does it matter? Nope. They still ruin lives.

[dragnet2]

LOL...What a tired response.

[dragnet2]

He never answered mine.

Good Lord.... Enough of this thread....lol

[happinesswithoutpeace]

lol

[blackbart.223]

"English, please."

If that is your best shot then you should give up.

[bamahead]

How anyone could support this action by law enforcement, is far beyond me.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. -- H. L. Mencken

[Gondring]

:-) :-) :-)

[Mojave]

What a tired response.

What a non sequitur.

[Mojave]

You can’t translate your own gibberish?

[bamahead]

Does it matter? Nope. They still ruin lives.

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. ---C.S. Lewis

[dcwusmc]

Read the story and watch the video. NO CHARGES WERE FILED AND THE COURT AND D.A. WERE NEVER TOLD ABOUT HER ARREST. Had they been, she would never have been allowed to do it, as the contract on her drug diversion SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED her contact with drug dealers and the like. The COPS were out of control and because of them she died. Get your facts straight.

She had ONE BAGGIE of pot and a total of six pills of different types. Some dealer. You, sir, strike me as a moron. A control-freak moron.

[Mojave]

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

Sounds like "the legalized dope is good, to hell with the voters" position.

[bamahead]

Dude, ignore the n00b. Heh.

[blackbart.223]

"You can’t translate your own gibberish?"

You lose the argument when you reduce yourself to insults. Think about it.

[dcwusmc]

I agree. The drug warriors should be put to the most painful death imaginable, along with the BATFags and tax collectors. A FREE society needs none of the above, period.

[waiyu]

The alcohol “black market” is alive and well. Talk to your local Forest Ranger about how many stills they have found. Many of them have some good “wrong place at the wrong time” stories to tell. And yes, there is an illegal alcohol industry that sells to minors. For $7 a gallon, you can buy from a high school student who runs his own still not far from my old house. I know of a 5th grader who learned to put vodka in a water bottle to take to class from his older sister.

Growing marijuana is easier than that. That’s just seeds, water, and dirt.

[Mojave]

“Hoffman was facing charges of possession of ecstasy with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, maintaining a drug house and possession of drug paraphernalia, Jones said.”

[blackbart.223]

"Sounds like "the legalized dope is good, to hell with the voters" position."

What a reasoned well thought out argument that was.