Posted on 05/17/2012 2:11:52 PM PDT by ironman
Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, had the drug THC in his system the night of this death, according to new information obtained by ABC News.
The revelation came as prosecutors in the case prepared to release to the public hundreds of pages of new evidence along with videos and crime scene photos.
Martin's death sparked public outrage after police released Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman, without any criminal charges for the killing.
Zimmerman, 28, is a multi-racial Hispanic man who shot the black high school junior at close range on Feb. 26, and claimed self-defense, though Martin was unarmed. Zimmerman was later charged with second-degree murder, and the killing provoked widespread debate about racial profiling.
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I raise your “no kidding” with my “D’uh”...
>>THC (marijuana) produces effects 30 minutes to an hour after exposure....and the effects usually last up to 4 hours.
What is your source for this data? My (many years past)experience with pot demonstrated that it works within 30 seconds. I think the lungs absorb it pretty much instantaneously
The drug causes dopamine release which produces euphoria. Some users feel sleepy or depressed after using, some experience anxiety or panic.
Even low doses of THC impair concentration and coordination.
Maybe. 4 generations of rock and jazz musicians would beg to differ. My experience is that pot enhances concentration to the point of obsessiveness. It also enhances perception- colors are more intense, hearing is sharpened, sex is through the roof, esthetic sense is enhanced and enjoyment is derived from often mundane pursuits such as daytime TV watching. I used to get stoned and watch Lawrence Welk with my grandma and couldn’t wait for Myron Florin to make his accordion do the bugaloo. You show me how the bridging of generations could be otherwise so generously facilitated. Cannabis is the couch potato drug of choice, next to Cheetos and Tang. It’s pretty harmless in less than mission critical situations. I wouldn’t want my airline pilot to become esthetically fixated on all the pretty landing lights.
Nathan, I was in the military for almost 40 years and have to admit I've heard every code word about drugs. Sneaky little bastards.
<I doubt there are many things that would render a person less violent than pot.
<Pink Floyd, good headphones and high volume.
Were you in college with me?
I don’t remember...were there vodka bottles and Maxtel cassette tapes in the kitchen sink every morning???
Yeah, it’s amazing how Zimmerman is all of a sudden “multi-racial” when the MSM’s storyline of the “racist white man slaughters unarmed innocent child,” starts collapsing like a house of cards.
Funny how that works.
HOW DARE ANYONE DENIGRATE THE MEMORY OF SAINT SKITTLES!!
“Most saints have had THC in their systems, haven’t they?”
I’m probably the only person on this thread that doesn’t understand this.
Not afraid of asking what something means! Got lots of experience...
“THC makes you as placid...
Heck, I’d have to wake-up to reach the state of placid.”
He, he, he!
<I don’t remember...were there vodka bottles and Maxtel cassette tapes in the kitchen sink every morning???
No vodka, Boone’s Farm. And no tapes. I hung out with the band; live music. : )
“Man, have you ever looked at your fingers? It’s like your hands are fraying, but they’re not.”
I’m laughing with Mr. hummingbird; appear to be a bunch of dopers on FR!
Ha, ha, ha!
People, not dissing any of you cause you are probably only repeating what you’ve heard. Mr. hummingbird and I feel that is the most likely situation!
Ha, ha, ha! Ever just sit and watch a dog sleeping; just watching a dog nap. It’s so mellow! (At least that’s what I hear!)
Ha, ha, ha!
ANIMAL!!!!
“I don’t suggest you go out and buy some herb. Buying and selling it is an abomination. It is a gift. The first gift. From someone who loves you very much.
Gen 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed.”
If I ever end up in court FOR ANYTHING, I want you to be my lawyer!
Peace out!
“I knew some guys that built a “power hitter” from a 5gal. water bottle (home delivery water cooler style). Several yards of tygon tubing and a lathe turned bowl with a screw cap that had a fitting for an air hose. Compressed air was supplied by a mid sized aquarium pump. The apparatus was very efficient at burning through your stash. It worked great wet or dry.”
This has turned into one of my favorite threads - Free Republic Gold!
Should we get a PING list together?!
Ha, ha, ha!
Will Ferrell told a reporter that he used drugs.
Claritan (sic?).........
Ha, ha, ha!
“Yes, that's the ticket”...hypothetically speaking.
...it will be dumped in the Friday newsdump.
Hi, wardaddy: Drugs can act sometimes differently for differently people.
My Grandfather was in his 80’s and had moved in with my parents after my Grandmother died and he couldn't take of himself anymore.
My Mother told his doctor (doctor specializing in elder patients) my Grandfather was always in to something, had set a fire with the stove, all kinds of things.
So, the doctor prescribed haladol (sic?) to calm him down so my Mother could take care of him without going nuts.
The day after he started haladol, he split logs in the backyard so the wood would be ready for winter. This was in the summertime. He split logs all day long.
I think they changed his prescription. Haladol should have leveled him out but it just made him more agitated than before.
Just weirdness....
West Side Story. Even the SRM should have remembered West Side Story.
“And as if by magic....Zimmerman is now referred to as “multi-racial!”
Ta-DA!
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