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Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

BRIGHTLIGHT — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:41:22 -0000

Firstly, I type with caps lock to aggravate, and seems it worked. hahaha
second, Yes officers should be on Farnham street also as well as many other troubled streets in Lawrence. I was not saying Ames street is a priority.
And no, Sex is not a crime...lol. And people can smoke all the weed they want. But if you want to have sex, rent a room, don't do it outside MY DRIVEWAY!!! And smoking, hey do it all you want out on Ames, just when it is 3-4am and iggnorant people have the music blasing and are shotting off fireworks, rockets, guns, YES, the police should come to Ames when they are called and they never did. That is what my statement was about.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Mike — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:48:25 -0000

I think in this case the newspaper got it right. Have fun in court.

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Mike — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:46:32 -0000

You accused "Dave" of name calling, yet you pretty much do the same thing in a more roundabout way. He's a bit of a racist, and you're quite full of yourself. I'd call that even.

This is like watching a boxing match between two men with no arms, each screaming that they have landed a punch. It's rather pathetic.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Mike — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:42:37 -0000

Hey Harmless,

Alcohol is legal, pot is not. Do you understand the difference? Personally, I could care less if people smoked pot, but I care a lot about people following the laws we have in place. The laws regarding pot may not be just in your mind, but they are in fact the current law of the land.

If you can remember your history, alcohol was also once illegal in this country. Times changed, and so did the laws.

Other people have suggested that you contact your elected representatives and ask them to change the laws regarding pot. Have you done that?

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vwjetta — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:12:41 -0000

Or when they plow into the lobby of a HOSPITAL!

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Dave — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:25:12 -0000

"As long as the folks in NA and Andover see their kids go on to college instead of prison, they don't much care about kids from Lawrence, who they assume are all gangbangers anyway."

It's not an assumption, it's a fact. Honestly: I wish the state would just round up all the illegals and ship 'em back where they came from, bulldoze the city of Lawrence and turn it into a big Park & Ride and parks for people in the surrounding communities. Everything they have is thanks to our tax dollars.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Dave — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:19:18 -0000

And I believe, shmuck, that you would be wrong. Blocking via IP address? Please, that's child's play to circumvent that.

And Harm: i don't need to answer your asinine questions. Marijuana is illegal in this country: any questions you ask are irrelevant pertaining to the why or how of it. Ask your elected reps to change the law. I know your pot-addled brain really can't understand that, but try anyway,

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Cherri — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:02:07 -0000

...and you make a very IMPORTANT point that the public should know before they pick sides. I remember when I was young and learned that, in France, children are allowed to drink wine with dinner--and at that time (I don't know about now) France had a lower alcoholism rate than the U.S. That just always stayed in my mind. If children were raised in a society where we celebrated the medicinal value of marijuana, and we took the stigma away, I believe the world would be a much better place. I'm not "Pro-Drugs"-I think heroin and cocaine are insidious and destroy people. I don't drink-I just chose not to-but I've know people, men in particular, who get "beer muscles" when they drink and beat up women-I've NEVER heard of anyone smoking a joint and beating their wife. I could go on and on...

The money spent "fighting" the war on drugs is a joke. The government could use a tenth of that money to really study and explore the natural properties of marijuana. Unfortunately, unless the government finds a way to "recoup" that money it;ll never happen.

Thanks for responding!

Cheri

> Subject: [Disqus] Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest> From: > To: cheri_555@hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:06:27 +0000> > Harm less than cigarettes (unregistered) wrote:> > You make some VERY good points. But I must disagree with one. Another reason the government won't legalize it is because they now pump over $25 billion into the "war on drugs". Legalize marijuana and kiss that income goodbye. They will have to come up with a new excuse to take your taxes. Like I said. 2 seeds per person can do more good than ANY laws ever will. > > Link: http://eagletribune.disqus.... > --> You may reply to this email to post your response. To turn off notifications, go to your Disqus settings at: http://disqus.com/settings/...

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Cherri — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:16:05 -0000

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Darthvader — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:45:43 -0000

Dude, your name makes me want to smoke!! Dube? Surrrre, Man!

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Demosthenes — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:28:28 -0000

Legalize It, your point about prostitution brings up another question. You qualified the legalization of prostitution with the phrase, "assuming the both parties are of age," begs the question, "What is the legal age." This is another example of malum prohibitum.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Harm less than cigarettes. — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:28:13 -0000

Let this discussion got to PROVE that there are two sides to this issue. Those that support it and those that think, they don't support it. When you try to have an intelligent conversation with them they just insult you and call you names. They can provide no facts on why this should be illegal. Do the country a favor and please don't bother voting on this issue until you have educated yourself about it.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Harm less than cigarettes — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:20:10 -0000

You make some VERY good points. But I must disagree with one. Another reason the government won't legalize it is because they now pump over $25 billion into the "war on drugs". Legalize marijuana and kiss that income goodbye. They will have to come up with a new excuse to take your taxes. Like I said. 2 seeds per person can do more good than ANY laws ever will.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Cherri — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:04:20 -0000

EXCUSE MY MISSPELLINGS

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Cherri — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:03:03 -0000

I worked for a Medical Marijuana Club in Northern California (briefly) in 2000-2002. It was definately eye-opening. I saw some really sick people who needed the medicinal benefits of weed. It's amazing. HBO has a documentary "In Pot We Trust"--very educational and I suggest the opponents of the leagalization of marijuana watch this deocumentary. It may change your views. The government won't leagalize marijuana on a federal level because they can't tax it--too many small time dealers--and the pharmaceutical companies cannot get their cut. THIS IS THE ONLY REASON MARIJUANA WILL NOT BE LEGALIZED ON A FEDERAL LEVEL. Several states are making it legal for "medicinal purposes", and those states "are getting their cut", but the Feds can still come in, close down the marijuana dispensaries and confiscate the weed...but rarely prosecute. The Pharmacuetical companies are slowly getting a piece of the action with a (relatively new) "marijuana inhaler", available to sick people with a state issued Medical Marijuana cards. It'll be a never ending battle until the government gets their share...only then will marijuana be legalized.

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Locke — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:52:37 -0000

Legalize It - Likewise: good debate. You said, "Ancient Rome had a very different view of prostitution than we do today- yet murder was still illegal." Murder in the streets, yes. But state-sponsored murder in the coliseum for the sake of entertaining/placating the masses is a different story. Ancient Rome may not be the best example. They also allowed (sponsored) slavery, as did and do many other societies. Does this mean slavery should be considered "mala prohibitum" and not "mala in se" (conduct evil in and of itself)?

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Demosthenes — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:48:58 -0000

Legalize It, thank you. Very thoughtful reply. I disagree, but I appreciate the debate.

Are you saying that all "mala prohibitum" laws (latin for "they're wrong just because I say so") should be repealed in the name of civil liberties?

Can I assume that you would advocate that the charges brought against these young men be dropped on the pretence that the law is invalid?

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Harm less than cigarettes. — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:23:14 -0000

It's not for everyone VW, and thankfully, you are allowed to make that choice. Same as, I don't drink and I recently quit smoking cigarettes. As they don't do anything for me.

Did you happen to see, all these people here, against marijuana, will come in here, and instead of providing facts of why it's so bad, would rather use name calling and insulting people as their justification. Not a single person here as stated a single fact. Like I've said before, they are taking my "right" away, now tell to me why.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Harm less than cigarettes. — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:08:51 -0000

And when they plow into a market killing multiple people, we just excuse that. Otherwise it would be discrimination.

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blank — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:47:51 -0000

i AM 1 of them that got arrest he did not give us a chance they always right lies in the newspaper......

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vwjetta — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:40:43 -0000

Harm I must agree with you 100% on the legality of Marijuana. I don't even smoke weed but I strongly feel that it should be legalized. I choose not to smoke simply because I don't enjoy it. I smoked a lot when I was younger, but never really liked it very much and hated the side effects it gave me.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

vwjetta — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:01:16 -0000

How about DWO? Driving while old. A person who's DWO typically will display behavior of a normal person that's legally intoxicated (driving erratically) and stoned (driving far under the speed limit with delayed reactions.)

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Harm less than cigarettes. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:21:33 -0000

BTW Sunshine, I agree with smack, we have had too many insults and opinions tossed around here. Would you, maybe, like to chime in with a few facts around here.
Thanks

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Harm less than cigarettes. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:12:25 -0000

I hear ya. Two seeds can provide you for the rest of your life. NO need for drug dealers. NO need for money. Two of todays biggest problems with crime, solved so simply. Why is that so hard to understand? It's just marijuana, a natural weed. No chemicals added/needed. So Simple.

Re: Officer Dube's nose leads to marijuana arrest

Harm less than cigarettes. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:07:08 -0000

Hey Sunshine, Thanks for caring. I do have a life and I have a great job. I i will be working tomorrow, making just over $1 a minute. Just so you know, while you were out drinking, I was here, working, on a Friday night. And I will be up in a few (5 to be exact) hours to go into Boston to work for the day. Just like the other 5 days I do it. So while you are out shopping with the girls. I will building the mall you shop in. Please, next time you see someone with a hard hat on in a mall. Thank them. If it wasn't for us, you would be bored on Saturdays. And on Sunday, I will be out enjoying my day off with my hard earned money.

Thanks Smack!