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In marijuana policy, the confusing smoke signals continue to burn
In marijuana policy, the confusing smoke signals continue to burn - latimes.com
I have no problem with it. It is no secret that selling pot is a federal offense so there is no playing ignorant on this one. If you want to change the law, then fine. Until then, however, California is going to have to sleep in the bed of federal autocracy that they so often help expand in other areas. Karma is a Be-autch
I have no problem with it. It is no secret that selling pot is a federal offense so there is no playing ignorant on this one. If you want to change the law, then fine. Until then, however, California is going to have to sleep in the bed of federal autocracy that they so often help expand in other areas. Karma is a Be-autch
The pot laws are screwed. Taking ones property over drug laws are even more screwed. There is no excuse for this to happen in the good old USA. Don't defend bad law Fisher for any reason even if you hate drugs.
Don't be a moron by acting like this is OK. You know as well as I do this **** is just plain wrong.
I have no problem with it. It is no secret that selling pot is a federal offense so there is no playing ignorant on this one. If you want to change the law, then fine. Until then, however, California is going to have to sleep in the bed of federal autocracy that they so often help expand in other areas. Karma is a Be-autch
I have no problem with it. It is no secret that selling pot is a federal offense so there is no playing ignorant on this one. If you want to change the law, then fine. Until then, however, California is going to have to sleep in the bed of federal autocracy that they so often help expand in other areas. Karma is a Be-autch
That's right. Anaheim is home to a gigantic annual pot emporium, with more smoke in the air than you get from the average California wildfire.
Last month's extravaganza featured a "Hot Kush Girl Contest" and awards for the "best strains" in Southern California. Festival attendees were informed they couldn't sample the goods without marijuana recommendations from doctors, but no worries.
"Doctors will be on site!"
I have no problem with it. It is no secret that selling pot is a federal offense so there is no playing ignorant on this one. If you want to change the law, then fine. Until then, however, California is going to have to sleep in the bed of federal autocracy that they so often help expand in other areas. Karma is a Be-autch
Not sure what to think about this.
Not sure what to think about this.
What I think neither of you seem to realize is, even if he had no idea the people he was renting to were going to sell pot out of it, his building would've been seized anyway. The feds don't care if you knew or not, it's their building now.
The fact that you guys would condone nabbing someone's property for not doing anything illegal is rather sad. The most you could argue is aiding and abetting a criminal, which is a pretty weak case anyway.
In America the person who commits the crime and then is convicted by a jury of his peers is guilty. Currently, they don't even need to charge you or put you on trial to seize your property permanently. Just because they want to, they can. It's absolutely unacceptable and completely incompatible with a freedom loving society.
You think incorrectly. How you twisted your conclusion out of that short sentence of mine is beyond me. Especially when I expanded my thoughts later in the thread. I do not condone anything of the sort, and stated so pretty clearly, but you didn't mention that at all.
Ignorance, in and of itself, isn't an excuse. We wouldn't make that allowance for murder or molestation or even speeding, so we shouldn't be cherry-picking here.Your argument is that ignorance isn't an excuse. I was stating that is most certainly is an excuse. Very few Americans actually realize that the government can seize all of their property at any moment, for any reason, without a trial or arrests. Most people think you have to do something illegal and be convicted for something like this to happen. If people did realize what the government was doing to people, we (hopefully) would stand up to the government as a group.
This guy followed state law, and in reality didn't even break federal law. He didn't sell pot, he rented to some people who decided to sell pot. This war is between the states and the federal government, so attacking individuals like this and ruining their lives just for being in the same proximity as someone breaking federal law is not an obvious thing.
He got his property seized for the actions of someone else. That is distinctly anti-freedom and anti-American. Shrugging and saying "Well, he should've known better", isn't a good response.
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