Dumbest crime ever invented.
It needs to be repealed. It’s totally useless.
On any given day in the United States, at least 137,000 people sit behind bars on simple drug-possession charges,”
LOL.
The war on drugs has literally looted the tax payers for decades. All it did was increase the size and scope of government dramatically. One big con job.
Cops aren’t necessarily looking for this, rather pot charges are used to go after petty criminals, vagrants, and go after people who they may not be able to get on more serious charges, etc
The Fifth Amendment reads in part, “No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;”
Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment applies a similar provision to states. “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;”
The "war on drugs" is really a war on Americans and they God-given rights and freedoms which the Constitution is supposed to defend.
Entirely believable.
Stoners don’t fight and can’t run well. Much easier to catch than an armed robber.
I guess what we need are more violent crimes.
I say so long as people aren’t smoking dope and driving,on the job or smoking next to children, it may not always be a crime.
The same restrictions that apply to tobacco and alcohol, should apply to marijuana. The emphasis is it should still be illegal for teens and younger to be smoking it, unless there is some legitimate medical benefit from it. I have heard that cancer patients sometimes use it to endure chemotherapy.
Would an end to these arrests put over 30% of our Police out of a job? Would an end to the tickets, paroles lawyer fees and fines paid by those accused of pot possession put a city at great financial compromise? I hope not. That’s an interesting question.
I would take any charge from them with a grain of salt....
I don't care to see people thrown in jail for a small amt of weed, but I won't cry for them either....
its still a law in many places....they broke the law...
Has anyone noticed that several of the latest mass shootings have been tied to excessive marijuana use, including the terrorist attack at the Cascade mall in WA, the Ferguson shootings and the Trayvon Martin shooting.
Two of those it was the victim who was smoking and the Cascade Mall shooter blamed the heavy marijuana use for his bad behavior.
MJ slows peeps down. Makes them easier to catch than peeps on speed or PCP, etc.
And here I thought plants that were natural were supposed to be beneficial.
The “Criminal Justice Industrial Complex” is far too profitable for far too many. What would cops, lawyers, corrections, bail bondsmen, judges and court house employees do? What would happen to the wonderful kick-backs from the dealers?
NOBODY spends months or years waiting for trial on a pot smoking charge....stupid accusation
Druggies behind bars? What’s not to like about that?