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The Drug War Refugees
Los Angeles Times ^ | February 2, 2003 | Eric Bailey

Posted on 02/03/2003 11:16:00 AM PST by MrLeRoy

[…] Now a new breed of American refugee has arrived, seeking asylum from a different kind of war--the fight over medical marijuana. […] The effort languished until 1988, when the chief administrative judge at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration made a startling ruling: Marijuana had a place in medicine. Judge Francis L. Young declared it unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the federal government to stand between "sufferers and the benefits of this substance."

DEA officials quickly rejected Young's ruling, and the courts backed them. […]

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TOPICS: Canada; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cannabis; drug; drugskill; marijuana; pot; wod; wodkills; wodlist
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To: A CA Guy
I would have thought that pro-illegal-drug threads would be rare on a conservative forum.

Not to mention the posts ridiculing and advocating the arrest of law enforcement officers for doing their job. The pro dopers get mean when their orthodoxy is challenged in any way.

21 posted on 02/03/2003 9:15:46 PM PST by Law Abiding American People
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To: A CA Guy; Cultural Jihad
Surprising, another gateway drug thread.
Surprise, another "show that the WODdie is wrong on his facts" thread.
CJ said..."Not where I live. No one has been arrested for mere possession or use in the past 30 years."
He further stated that he lives in California.
The last few replies (16/17/20) have shown that his information was and is incorrect.
Got anything to say about that? Should he at least get his facts straight?
22 posted on 02/03/2003 9:19:26 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Law Abiding American People
The pro dopers get mean when their orthodoxy is challenged in any way.
I don't know about "pro dopers", but I get mean after months of listening to falsities and insinuations and start throwing facts up that so easily refutes mistruths.
Is that a good reason to "get mean"?
23 posted on 02/03/2003 9:23:32 PM PST by philman_36
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To: philman_36
A big bag o' Doritos is your friend.
24 posted on 02/03/2003 9:25:18 PM PST by Law Abiding American People
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To: Law Abiding American People
A big bag o' Doritos is your friend.
So in other words...You don't even have enough of an intellect to rationally debate the subject with me so you resort to pettiness.
Works for me, newbie.
25 posted on 02/03/2003 9:26:48 PM PST by philman_36
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To: philman_36
All I know is, the law is on my side.

Don't want to be a "refugee" from the law? Then, don't use illegal drugs.

26 posted on 02/03/2003 9:28:40 PM PST by Law Abiding American People
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To: Law Abiding American People
All I know is, the law is on my side.
Well, you've just proven that you really don't know too much, newbie.
27 posted on 02/03/2003 9:36:09 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Law Abiding American People
Educate thyself oh, ignorant one.
If that is what you support, then you're not saying much for yourself.
The hearings on the national marijuana prohibition lasted one hour, on each of two mornings and since the hearings were so brief I can tell you almost exactly what was said to support the national marijuana prohibition.
Snip...Now, some of you may think that the debate on the floor of Congress was more extensive on the marijuana prohibition. It wasn't. It lasted one minute and thirty-two seconds by my count and, as such, I will give it to you verbatim.
Two hours, one minute and thirty-two seconds, about the same amount of time, accumatively, to debunk a whole bunch of stuff presented as fact!
28 posted on 02/03/2003 9:44:41 PM PST by philman_36
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To: philman_36
So, the law is NOT on my side? Is that what you're saying? Well, go ahead and walk into any police station in the country and fire up a doob. Go ahead, but let me know just before you do it, cause I want to watch.
29 posted on 02/03/2003 9:47:15 PM PST by Law Abiding American People
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To: Law Abiding American People
So, the law is NOT on my side? Is that what you're saying?
Can you understand the words coming out of my fingers?
If that is what you support, then you're not saying much for yourself.
Do I need to enunciate?
The law isn't on any "side"...
30 posted on 02/03/2003 9:52:18 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Law Abiding American People
Go ahead, but let me know just before you do it, cause I want to watch.
Voyeur! (a prying observer who is usually seeking the sordid or the scandalous)
31 posted on 02/03/2003 9:53:57 PM PST by philman_36
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To: philman_36
Well, not meaning to intrude on your latest nit-picking fight with someone else here, but since this was a thread about so-called medical marijuana, when I stated no one has been arrested for mere possession or use in the past 30 years, I was reefering to marijuana, dude.
32 posted on 02/03/2003 9:57:44 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: Cultural Jihad
Well, not meaning to intrude on your latest nit-picking fight with someone else here, but since this was a thread about so-called medical marijuana, when I stated no one has been arrested for mere possession or use in the past 30 years, I was reefering to marijuana, dude.
Ah! Well then, let me refine my search parameters, since you've redefined them, and let's see what I come up with...
I'll be back. /Arnold Schwarzenegger impression
33 posted on 02/03/2003 10:08:22 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Cultural Jihad
I stated no one has been arrested for mere possession or use in the past 30 years, I was reefering to marijuana, dude.

Odd...the CA AG office Bureau of Criminal Statistics lists 48,495 misdemeanor marijuana arrests in 2001 alone.

34 posted on 02/03/2003 10:12:22 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass
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To: Trailerpark Badass
More than 28.5 grams? No ID? Using in a car on a public road? I'm sure that among those arrested, there are zero adults who were just sitting in their homes with their lids.
35 posted on 02/03/2003 10:18:51 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: Cultural Jihad
Well, here ya go. That was just TOO easy!
pdf conversion (even got you a pdf converter...)
http://caag.state.ca.us/cjsc/publications/misc/cinc/4system.pdf
Crime in California
Prison Population 1999 Admissions December 31, 1999 to Prison
Average Percent Term
Offenses Inmates of Total Inmates (years)
Drug Offenses
Possession 19,753 12.3 7,335 2.3
Possession for Sale 12,974 8.1 4,915 3.6
Sale 6,850 4.3 1,708 4.8
Manufacturing 2,992 1.9 1,214 4.4
Other drug 948 0.6 225 3.7
Marijuana Possession 27 – 13 1.6
Marijuana Possession for Sale 936 0.6 548 2.1
Marijuana Sale 714 0. 4 295 3. 0
Other marijuana 134 0. 1 75 2. 9
Subtotals 45,328 28.3 16,328 (-)

Anything else?

36 posted on 02/03/2003 10:23:30 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Trailerpark Badass
Was that from one of my links? Did I miss that?
37 posted on 02/03/2003 10:24:20 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Cultural Jihad
Oops...Anything else, dude?
38 posted on 02/03/2003 10:31:13 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Cultural Jihad
2003-30=1973...
Savings in California Marijuana Law Enforcement Costs Attributable to the Moscone Act of 1976: A Summary

TABLE I
CALIFORNIA MARIJUANA ARRESTS 1972-1986*

Year Felony Misdemeanor Total
1972 73,061 3,500 76,561
1973 88,110 3,500 91,610
1974 99,597 3,500 103,097
1975 85,757 3,500 89,257
Average
1974-75
92,677 3,500 96,177
1976 19,284 34,110 53,394
1977 17,262 34,110 51,371
1978 17,397 35,424 52,821
1979 19,263 32,796 52,059
1980 20,509 38,270 58,779
1981 20,771 43,791 64,562
1982 20,737 42,904 63,641
1983 19,920 43,803 63,723
1984 21,350 42,219 63,569
1985 24,182 43,181 67,363
Average
1976-85
20,068 39,133 59,201
1986 19,938 30,105 50,043
*Data provided by Bureau of Criminal Statistics and Special Services, California Department of Justice. Misdemeanor marijuana arrest figures were not recorded by the Bureau between 1972 through 1977, and am estimated based an the averages of the three preceding years and the two following years. al. 1987).

39 posted on 02/03/2003 10:37:56 PM PST by philman_36
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To: Cultural Jihad
Anything else, dude?
Care to retract your statement now or will you move the goalposts yet again?
40 posted on 02/03/2003 10:39:38 PM PST by philman_36
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