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20 people in Colorado face federal pot trafficking charges
abc 7 ^ | September 4, 2015

Posted on 09/04/2015 8:52:52 PM PDT by george76

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver said Thursday 17 of the people charged have been arrested and three remain at-large.

Authorities say warrants conducted in the southern Colorado towns of Cotopaxi and Westcliffe led to the seizure of 1,000 marijuana plants, 50 pounds of dried marijuana, and 28 firearms. Sheriff offices in Custer and Freemont counties helped execute the warrants Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedenverchannel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: cannabis; drugs; marijuana; pot; wod
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To: Seruzawa

MILIE CYRUS .....


21 posted on 09/04/2015 9:55:49 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Seruzawa

How about we don’t test them like we don’t test alcohilics? Just a thought.


22 posted on 09/04/2015 10:00:10 PM PDT by The Cuban
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To: george76

feds said they wouldn’t prosecute


23 posted on 09/04/2015 10:12:16 PM PDT by This_far
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To: dfwgator

“All well and good, but what will you do with all of the chronically unemployed who won’t pass the drug tests. I assume employers will still have the right to fire or not hire users”.

People not passing drug tests here in southwest Colorado is a big problem. Walmart, for instance, can’t keep employees because so many fail the employer drug screenings and can’t find enough who can pass the drug tests to replace them.


24 posted on 09/04/2015 10:22:17 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: george76

Colorado should sue fed gov... i mean fedgov lets denver eschew immigration law enforcement.... so screw fex gov on these charges.....


25 posted on 09/04/2015 10:42:07 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: dfwgator
All well and good, but what will you do with all of the chronically unemployed who won't pass the drug tests. I assume employers will still have the right to fire or not hire users.

I think that presumption is wrong.

If pot is legal, there is no right to fire or not hire pot users. Think about this. If there were a test which could tell if you had any alcohol at all in the past month would it be legal for employers to refuse to hire you?

Now I do know of one case where a large company got away with not hiring any smokers, but they had a legitimate reason. Many of their facilities were very large -- 15 minutes to walk to your work assignment from the nearest door. Smokers would walk outside to smoke, come back to their work assignment and leave in 10 minutes to go out for another smoke. No productivity at all.

26 posted on 09/04/2015 10:43:52 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: laplata
People not passing drug tests here in southwest Colorado is a big problem. Walmart, for instance, can’t keep employees because so many fail the employer drug screenings and can’t find enough who can pass the drug tests to replace them.

If Walmart is testing them ONLY INITIALLY as a condition of hiring, then fair enough, the people who fail are idiots for not being able to refrain for a month before applying. However, if Walmart, or any other company like them, is piss-testing employees regularly after hiring, then that company is run by morons.
27 posted on 09/04/2015 10:45:24 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: fr_freak

I got that information from a long time employee of Walmart.

The Colorado State laws pertaining to drug use on the job are not compatable with the new marijuana legalization.


28 posted on 09/04/2015 11:01:31 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: CurlyDave

You don’t think a company would be liable if they knowingly had a user who caused an accident leading to damage or injury?


29 posted on 09/04/2015 11:14:45 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: CurlyDave

Drug testing is legit step for employment and continued employment. Someone wants to use drugs, fine, just don’t expect to have someone hire you. And about tobacco. It is legal to deny employment to someone because they smoke. I will never hire a smoker and will fire them. Did so last year. Nothing discriminatory about this.


30 posted on 09/04/2015 11:14:58 PM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: DannyTN
Legalize it, tax it and use the funds to educate people.

Better to use it for bridges and roads than waste it on the current education establishment. That is the source (especially higher education) of so many of the problems this nation has now.

More time finishing concrete or doing ironwork or working with a shovel will help people gain perspective, and then if they want to pursue a higher education, they can fund it themselves.

31 posted on 09/04/2015 11:19:19 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Fifty pounds at current street value is worth about $240,000.00, sold by the ounce, and more if sold in smaller units, from what I have been told.


32 posted on 09/04/2015 11:23:20 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: DannyTN

education gets enough money...ENOUGH....we don’t need people doped up with weed to provide education....


33 posted on 09/04/2015 11:26:54 PM PDT by cherry
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To: fr_freak
Every drilling company, service company, oil company, trucking company I know of reserves the right to test for drugs randomly and as a condition of employment.

They aren't run by morons. They recognize that the cost of one screwup is huge and could lead to bankruptcy.

If you don't want the paycheck, go elsewhere.

34 posted on 09/04/2015 11:29:23 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: cherry

What I really do not understand about the "Big L" or "Small L" libertarian argument is what a panacea "taxation" is supposed to be.

Suddenly all public school districts will not require property taxes because Bakeheads and other Couch Surfers are exempted, given an existing tax enforcement mechanism? Please. I want a pony.

35 posted on 09/04/2015 11:34:31 PM PDT by SunLakesJeff (Life)
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To: cherry

not education in general. Education about drugs and what they do you.


36 posted on 09/04/2015 11:34:53 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Smokin' Joe

drug education, not education in general.


37 posted on 09/04/2015 11:36:30 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Smokin' Joe

drug education, not education in general.


38 posted on 09/04/2015 11:36:31 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Smokin' Joe

A drilling company, an oil company, and a trucking company might all have legitimate reasons for drug testing, given that they operate within dangerous environments using heavy machinery. However, Walmart is a cheap store where the most difficult task is running a package over a scanner or pushing a broom. There is no legitimate reason for them to require drug testing as a regular thing. Now, if they want to drug test a current employee as a condition of continued employment if they suspect that the employee IS HIGH AT WORK, then it might be reasonable, but otherwise, it is none of their business if an employee likes to spark up off duty, especially in a state where it is legal. If Walmart is randomly drug testing employees without cause, then they are idiots.


39 posted on 09/04/2015 11:37:23 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: DannyTN
Most of what we have seen in these parts insofar as "drug education" goes in a police officer driving around in a D.A.R.E. van and showing the kiddies paraphernalia.

How will that help?

Or is your idea of 'drug education' extolling the virtues of weed?

I'd rather have a solid bridge to drive over, myself.

40 posted on 09/04/2015 11:42:09 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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