ROFL! " Medical marijuana is â??nightmareâ?? for some"

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(With a few Granny comments)


Medical marijuana is â??nightmareâ?? for some

By Audrey LaFave

ESCANABA - A law enforcement official from the Upper Peninsula Substance Abuse Enforcement Team called Michigan's newly-legalized medical marijuana law "a nightmare." (for cops- it's a dream come true for many more people!)

Det. Lt. Jeff Racine of UPSET discussed the new law and its implications for police agencies and county prosecutors. He said the law is ambiguous and has a lot of loopholes. (Shouldn't that be UPSAET? Are these guys so dense that they can't even get their acronym right? :wtf:)

"The problem with these new laws is they are not fully understood," Racine said. "It's going to be a nightmare for law enforcement because there are so many loopholes." (How simple can you get? You don't bust sick people!)

Racine said the confusion may cause officers to get to the point where they may not enforce what law is left regarding marijuana, for fear of litigation. (YES!) :thumbsup:

"People said this would be like a small step towards the complete legalization of marijuana. This is more like a major jump towards legalizing it," he said. (Stop the presses! I agree with a prohibitionist for once!))

Racine also said there is not a lot of talk about some of the negative side effects or the fact, he said, that marijuana is a gateway drug. (That one again? Come on! There have been several scientific studies that disprove this.)

"Not every person who smokes marijuana becomes a crack smoker or a heroin user, but every person who does the hard stuff started with marijuana," he explained. ( No, sir- their drug use usually starts with tobacco or alcohol. If you MUST have a "gateway drug", then look to tobacco and alcohol as the true "gateway drugs"! Go after THEM!)

Racine said statistics show us that there are 10 times more people driving vehicles under the influence of drugs than there are drunks on the road. (How many are legal PRESCRIPTION drugs vs cannabis? And again there are several studies that show cannabis users compensate quite well for their "impaired" state.)

"The way the law was written, it is written in favor of the user and against law enforcement. Do you want the brakes changed on your car by a guy who smoked marijuana on his lunch hour? A very large percentage of people are going to abuse this law," he said. (With any job- if your boss thinks your work is impaired, you get fired. And most of the mechanics I know already use cannabis, so what's the difference?)

Racine also said it's likely many people will try to cloak themselves in the law wrongfully. (True)

"Probably 90 percent of the medical defenses are going to be false, and that's a low guess," he said. (As usual- 90% of statistics are made up. lol)



Granny :hippy:

Storm Crown, you've done it again! Great thread, great comments, and an interesting article at that. I see this article was from Michigan, my neighbor to the east. I hope one day Wisconsin will make these strides in the right direction.

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"People said this would be like a small step towards the complete legalization of marijuana. This is more like a major jump towards legalizing it," he said.

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Now THAT is what I like to hear.

thanks for laugh

by the way my moms on menopause and shes driving me crazy do you know of any good menopausal strains

Indicas always worked best. (More pain relief, plus couch lock- good combo! :thumbsup:)

Menopause is just Nature's payback for what you put Mom through when you hit puberty. :D lol I think of it as sort of puberty in reverse- just as crazy and it takes a few years to adjust to the new biochemistry. Hang in there! It's just a phase she's going through. Go get her some nice indica as a late Mother's Day present. :stoned:

Granny :hippy:

thank you

Oh no. a nightmare for cops.lol I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight because some cops are going to have to stop persecuting innocent people.